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Owensboro Hosts Bluegrass Honor Flight For Local WWII Veterans [VIDEO]
An honor flight took place this week from the Owensboro Sportscenter for local veterans. Eight WWII veterans from Owensboro are being honored during this flight.
Our Owensboro Veterans left Sportscenter on Tuesday for Washington D.C. and met up with 48 other veterans.
Today these veterans will arrive by motorcade in Owensboro at 11 a.m. The parade route run from East 2nd Street to Frederica Street to Tamarack end at the National Guard Armory.
The community is being asked to line the parade route and welcome them home and cheer them on!
A reception for the veterans and their families will take place afterwards.
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