Allen County, OH (WLIO) - If you saw a large group of motorcycles driving around the area Sunday, they were making sure that veterans get the recognition that they deserve. Around 200 people took part in the annual Ride for Honor, to raise money for the Flag City Honor Flight. The motorcyclists escorted a group of veterans on a 3-hour ride. Besides the ride, there was a chicken dinner, raffles, and an auction. All the proceeds will help send local veterans of the Vietnam War and older to Washington D.C. for free for one special trip.
“The mission is to make sure that all veteran that served before May 1975 that was honorably discharged, gets to see the memorials that were built in their honor. So, it kind of brings closure to their military life and it gives them some sort of reason to believe that their service did mean something,” says Mike Melvin, Organizer of the Ride for Honor.
Melvin says the next group of 15 veterans from this area will be leaving on the honor flight in November.
