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I was on my way to Washington DC via the Midway airport at 5:30 a.m., and there was a concert going on across from my boarding gate. Three singers wearing Army side caps were singing old-timey songs in front of a full house audience in the waiting area. A whole bunch of people in orange shirts pushing wheelchairs were gathering at the concert, and I asked a lady wearing a green shirt what it was all about.

She said that 92 World War II veterans were going to Washington DC. The trip was sponsored by Honor Flight Chicago, a privately funded organization. The average age of the veterans was over 80, and one was 101. The people wearing green were family members going with the veterans to DC; red shirts were medical; orange shirts were local volunteers.

One veteran got up and danced along with the songs. What a different experience at the airport boarding gates, and what a warm-hearted America I live in.

Tagged: America, concert, Honor Flight Chicago, just for fun, life, music, singing, song, travel, Washington DC

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