Honor Tour

Members of the Perryville High School football team greeted World War II veterans taking part in the Honor Tour Friday with an avenue of flags as they made their way into the building for a send-off ceremony. About 30 World War II veterans will make a three-day trip to Washington, D.C. to tour war memorials there. This is the eighth Honor Tour trip. (Melissa Miller)

Perryville residents and students filled the Perryville High School gym during a send-off ceremony for 30 World War II veterans taking part in the Honor Tour. The event included performances by the school's choir and jazz band. (Melissa Miller)

World War II veteran Robert Gildwell is escorted into the Honor Tour send-off ceremony at Perryville High School. He was one of 30 veterans taking part in the eighth Honor Tour trip to Washington, D.C. (Melissa Miller)

Jackie Huls, Kelly Baker and Sandra Bollinger performed songs made popular during World War II by The Andrews Sisters during a send-off ceremony for the eighth Honor Tour at Perryville High School Friday. (Melissa Miller)

World War II veterans made a grand entrance before an Honor Tour send-off ceremony Friday at Perryville High School. The school's football team held flags for the veterans to walk through. (Melissa Miller)

Bagpipes played as World War II veterans taking part in the Honor Tour made their way into a send-off ceremony at Perryville High School. Following the ceremony, the group of 30 World War II veterans began a three-day trip to Washington, D.C. to visit war memorials there. (Melissa Miller)

World War II veterans wave to groups of people who lined the streets of Perryville holding handmade signs and waving flags as their Honor Tour motorcoach passed by Friday. The group of 30 veterans rode the bus to St. Louis and from there will fly to Washington D.C. to tour war memorials there. (Melissa Miller)

World War II veterans say the Pledge of Allegiance during a send-off ceremony for the Honor Tour at Perryville High School Friday. Following the event, the group of 30 veterans flew to Washington, D.C., to tour war memorials. (Melissa Miller)

World War II veterans made a grand entrance before an Honor Tour send-off ceremony Friday at Perryville High School. The school's football team held flags for the veterans to walk through. (Melissa Miller)

World War II veterans and their families on the Honor Tour rode a motorcoach to a send-off ceremony in Perryville, Mo., Friday morning as they began a three-day trip to visit war memorials in Washington, D.C. During the ride, the veterans shared stories about their military experiences. (Melissa Miller)

Members of the War Child riding group and several emergency vehicles escorted the Honor Tour bus up Interstate 55 and into Perryville High School for a send-off ceremony Friday morning. (Melissa Miller)

World War II veterans and their families wait to board the Honor Tour bus in the Lambert Plaza parking lot Friday morning as they began a three-day trip to visit war memorials in Washington, D.C. The group's first stop was a send-off ceremony at Perryville High School. (Melissa Miller)

Students at Perryville High School showed their support for World War II veterans during a send-off ceremony for the Honor Tour Friday. This is the eighth trip organized by Rob Callahan of Poplar Bluff offering all-expense paid trips for World War II veterans to visit war memorials in Washington, D.C. (Melissa Miller)