MOLINE, Illinois (KWQC) - Over 80 veterans and their volunteer guardians boarded a flight to Washington D.C. Tuesday morning for the 63rd honor flight of the Quad Cities.

While in D.C., the veterans will tour the monuments built in their honor, and attend the Changing of the Guard at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier before returning to the Quad Cities Tuesday night.

The director of Honor Flight of the Quad Cities said none of it would be possible without the community’s support.

The veterans are expected to land back in Moline around 9:30 p.m., and the public is invited to come to the airport to give the veterans a warm reception and welcome home.

Any veteran who served a year of honorable, non-training, active duty before 1976 is encouraged to fill out an application at www.honorfligh

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