MARION – Mission 14 of the Honor Flight of Southern Illinois will take off from Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois in Marion Tuesday morning taking 89 local veterans to Washington, D.C. to visit the memorials honoring their sacrifice for our freedom.

A Welcome Home Celebration will get underway at the airport at 5 p.m. with food, a kid zone, and local entertainment followed by our veterans returning around 8:45 p.m.

You are encouraged to bring your lawn chairs, Welcome Home banners, and flags to the ceremony and wear patriotic attire.

Airport parking is limited, so you can park at Sam’s Club and Cornerstone Church on Walton Way and ride a shuttle bus to and from the event. They will depart from these off-site parking locations throughout the event every 20 minutes starting at 5 p.m.