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Community invited to send off Honor Flight veterans May 16
Tom Clarke of Guyton
In this file photo from 2024, Tom Clark of Guyton holds an American flag on Ash Street as the Honor Flight veterans depart for Washington, D.C. from the National Guard armory. Clark is an army veteran. (Barbara Augsdorfer/Effingham Herald.)
Published: May 13, 2025, 6:05 PM

By Barbara Augsdorfer, editor for the Effingham Herald

 

A busload of 23 veterans and 23 guardians – including nine veterans from Effingham County – are set to leave from the parking lot of the National Guard Armory in Springfield Friday morning May 16 for Washington, DC.

Members of the community are invited to line Laurel Street and Hwy. 21 and cheer them on all the way down Hwy. 21 as the motorcoach makes its way to I-95.

The motorcoach is scheduled to leave Springfield at 8 a.m. with a police escort provided by the Effingham County Sheriff Office and the Springfield Police Department. The Patriot Guard Riders will also escort the veterans on I-95 to the South Carolina border.

Honor Flight provides trips to Washington, D.C., to veterans free of charge for them to see their war memorials.