Memorial Day Honor Flights Canceled Because of Coronavirus Crisis
Thousands of people who had planned to visit war memorials in Washington, D.C., this holiday weekend were forced to cancel this year because of the coronavirus pandemic. That includes veterans traveling with the nonprofit network Honor Flight, which recently suspended all trips at least until this fall.
“Our veterans that travel with us are still living, so their day is Veterans Day not Memorial Day,” says Honor Flight CEO Meredith Rosenbeck. “But they go to honor their friends and comrades, those who have fallen.”