Grab Some Tissues and Read These Letters

In a letter to residents, Peter Geddeis, director of student activities at Lyons Township High School, had this to say updating supporters of a recent Honor Flight for area veterans:

"Something pretty cool started happening today: the thank-you letters from our Honor Flight veterans started arriving," Geddeis wrote in an email.

Geddeis has begun to scan and post them to the LT website, so everyone in the community can take a look. You can view the letters here, but be prepared for some tears.

LT and many other area schools including Park Junior High, McClure Junior High, Gurrie Middle School, La Grange Highlands, St. Francis, St. Cletus and St. John of the Cross, were able to raise over $50,000 to send 90 WWII Veterans to Washington D.C.

Honor Flight, a nonprofit, works to raise money to send veterans of WWII, the Korean War and the Vietnam War to memorials in Washington D.C. for free. Since the first flight in 2005, Honor Flight has sent more than 63,000 veterans to Washington D.C.