Local veterans return to Beloit after a bus trip to Washington D.C.
Vetereans returned to signs and flags as they arrived at The Eclipse Center in Beloit at the end of the VetsRoll trip.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Buses filled with veterans roll under a pair of fire department ladder trucks suspending a giant United States flag in Beloit on Thursday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Lynda Wright of Beloit holds a sign for her father, John Sumpter, of Janesville, a veteran of the Korean War, who was returning from the VetsRoll 2 tour in Beloit on Thursday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Robert Lowrey of Beloit holds flags as he waits for his father, John Lowrey, a World War II veteran, to arrive at the Eclipse Center in Beloit on Thursday.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Linda Lannert of Janesville reacts with her neighbor Alice Blair after spotting Alice’s husband, Eugene Blair. Eugene served in the Korean War.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Lyle Masear of Roscoe, front, who fought with the Army’s 4th Armored Division in France with Gen. George S. Patton Jr., is greeted by a firefighter honor guard and area Boy Scouts as he and fellow veterans depart the buses at the Eclipse Center in Beloit on Thursday. Masear was returning from a four-day trip to Washington, D.C., for veterans who had never seen the war memorials there.
Photo By: Dan Lassiter
Veterans returning home on buses are greeted by flag wavers and fireworks as the VetsRoll 2 group arrives at the Eclipse Center in Beloit on Thursday.
