While we were in the airport in Washington DC, an announcement came over the intercom. A flight of veterans from Cincinnati who had fought in WWII, Korea, and Vietnam were about to land and disembark from their plane. A crowd of people surrounded their gate as a barbershop chorus sang familiar songs. The crowd applauded as long as they could as around 75 veterans passed by. As we had to be at our gate to catch our next flight, another announcement came out. Another flight of over 100 veterans was about to arrive.