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WASHINGTON (KSEE/KGPE) - On their archetypal afloat time connected the East Coast, the 67 veterans of the 29th Central Valley Honor Flight visited the United States Capitol successful Washington D.C.
On Tuesday, the radical received a constabulary escort to instrumentality them to the United States Capitol building. They met with Congressmen David Valadao, Jim Costa and Vince Fong. They past received a circuit of the building.
"It's ever a immense grant for america immoderate time, adjacent arsenic a subordinate of Congress, aft immoderate fig of years, it's inactive a large woody for us," said Congressmember David Valadao.
"To beryllium present for radical who person fought for our country, who person enactment their lives connected the enactment for our country, to experience, to spot themselves what they fought for, what they defended. The awesome of state crossed the satellite - our Capitol. I'm thrilled to beryllium a portion of it."
Members of the Central Valley Honor Flight successful beforehand of the Marine Corps War MemorialThe radical of veterans past went connected to circuit the memorials successful Washington D.C., including the World War II Memorial, the Marine Corps War Memorial and the United States Navy Memorial.
The members of the 29th Central Valley Honor Flight volition beryllium visiting different sites successful the Washington D.C. country connected Wednesday earlier flying backmost to Fresno.
