Flightless Honor Flight experience brings Washington, D.C. memorials to local veterans

MONTICELLO, Ill. (WAND) — Veterans at a local nursing home received a powerful tribute Tuesday as community groups partnered to bring a Flightless Honor Flight experience directly to them. The program offered the sights, sounds and significance of Washington, D.C.’s war memorials without ever leaving Illinois. The event, held at Maple Point Assisted Living and organized by Faith in Action volunteers, replicated the Land of Lincoln Honor Flight, a program that flies veterans to the nation’s capital to visit memorials built in their honor. The Flightless Honor Flight is designed for veterans who are unable to travel due to age, health, or other limitations. “This flight is for those veterans that are unable, for whatever reason, to board a plane to actually go to Washington