CHARLESTON, S.C. (WCSC) — Charleston Honor Flight is working to bring a trip of a lifetime to the Lowcountry.
Across the country, these honor flights bring veterans to Washington, D.C., to visit the memorials built in their honor, but none have taken off from the Lowcountry, and the nonprofit organization is looking to change that.
“Freedom is on the back of sacrifice. And for those veterans, all who served and sacrificed, we need to acknowledge them and thank them. They are the 1% of the nation that keeps us free,” Maj. Gen. James E. Livingston, USMC (Ret.), a Medal of Honor recipient, said…