MARION, Ill. (KFVS) - Folks are gathered at the Veterans Airport of Southern Illinois in Marion to welcome back the Mission 15 Veterans Honor Flight !

Today, 185 veterans from southern Ill., as well as their guardians and volunteers, visited Washington, D.C. to see the memorials built in their honor.

The group is returning home tonight.

Festivities began at 5 p.m., and the Welcome Back Ceremony starts at 8:45 p.m.

The community is gathered at the airport with flags and banners to give the veterans a hero’s welcome.

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