Posts Tagged Wwii Veterans
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Veteran Museum and Memorials
By Bob Morrison Development Director of Ridgecrest Village Two great stories of ways to appreciate our veterans are fresh in my mind. First, I just returned from a national conference in New Orleans for our local chapter of ILLOWA Partnership for Philanthropic Planning. Our board works hard ...
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Gold Star Families Help Honor Flight!
By Bob Morrison Development Director of Ridgecrest Village The 20th Honor Flight of the Quad-Cities was on September 20, 2012. More than 1,900 WWII Veterans have benefited from this free trip to see their memorial. Earlier this year, the board decided Korean War-time Veterans are also invited t...
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Honor Flight News
By Bob Morrison Development Director of Ridgecrest Village If you haven’t heard, local community leaders have created a chapter of the Honor Flight Network, called Honor Flight of the Quad-Cities. It all started at Ridgecrest Village in Davenport when William Shore, a resident WWII Veteran as...
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Honor Flight April 2010
Submitted by Bob Morrison Development Director of Ridgecrest Village & Hub Director of Honor Flight of the Quad Cities. The WWII Memorial was dedicated to “the Greatest Generation” by President Bush in May of 2004. [caption id="attachment_1216" align="alignright" width="300" caption=...
