Posted 2:54 am Thursday, May 31, 2012
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Trace Adkins Sings In Tyler At Sendoff For Touring Veterans
Updated Thursday, May 31, 2012 at 11:12 a.m. CDT: TylerPaper.com video
Country superstar Trace Adkins was among a crowd of well-wishers who showed up before 6 a.m. today at Brookshire's on Rice Road in Tyler to bid farewell to a group of World War II veterans departing for Washington.
The group, which includes 33 East Texas veterans and about two dozen volunteers, is expected to make a whirlwind, two-day tour of Washington D.C. to view the nation's capital and military monuments.
Veterans participating in the fourth WWII Heroes Flight eased out of Tyler around 6:45 a.m. on a chartered bus, narrowing missing another round of early morning showers, as they made their way to Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport.
The WWII Heroes Flight is free, courtesy of Brookshire's Super 1 Foods. Participants are pre-selected.
Participants are scheduled to return around 7 p.m. Saturday to the Brookshire's store at 100 Rice Road. Residents are encouraged to show up and celebrate their return.
The group, which includes 33 East Texas veterans and about two dozen volunteers, is expected to make a whirlwind, two-day tour of Washington D.C. to view the nation's capital and military monuments.
Veterans participating in the fourth WWII Heroes Flight eased out of Tyler around 6:45 a.m. on a chartered bus, narrowing missing another round of early morning showers, as they made their way to Dallas-Ft. Worth International Airport.
The WWII Heroes Flight is free, courtesy of Brookshire's Super 1 Foods. Participants are pre-selected.
Participants are scheduled to return around 7 p.m. Saturday to the Brookshire's store at 100 Rice Road. Residents are encouraged to show up and celebrate their return.
