July 2022

Vietnam-era veteran Rich Elsen kisses his wife, Harriet, at Wilmington International Airport upon arriving home from an Honor Flight on April 30, 2022. Elsen was one of 69 veterans traveling with Honor Flight of the Cape Fear volunteer guardians, including Cathy Doty (middle), for the one-day, all-expenses-paid trip to Washington D.C.’s war monuments. A crowd…

One of the fun quirks of summer holidays is that when you put your extra flags and bunting out for Memorial Day, you can keep them out for Flag Day (June 14) and then keep ’em going right into July for our nation’s birthday celebration. I don’t know about you, but I am giving thought…