Veterans
GalleryAll-female veterans Honor Flight visits DC on Women Veterans Recognition Day
Stars and Stripes
June 16, 2025
An all-female veterans honor flight from the greater St. Louis area visits Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Elizabeth Fraser/U.S. Army)
An all-female veteran honor flight visited Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia on Thursday, coinciding with Women’s Veterans Recognition Day. For the first time, the Greater St. Louis Honor Flight flew a crew of female veterans to see the monuments, memorials and statues in Washington.
Women Veterans Recognition Day honors and remembers the Women’s Armed Services Integration Act, signed into law on June 12, 1948, which allows women to permanently serve as regular members of the armed forces.
The Honor Flight network is an organization that flies veterans to visit memorials in Washington free of charge.
An all-female veteran honor flight from the Greater St. Louis area visits Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Elizabeth Fraser/U.S. Army)
An all-female veteran honor flight from the Greater St. Louis area visits Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Elizabeth Fraser/U.S. Army)
An all-female veteran honor flight from the Greater St. Louis area visits Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Elizabeth Fraser/U.S. Army)
An all-female veteran honor flight from the Greater St. Louis area visits Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Elizabeth Fraser)
An all-female veteran honor flight from the Greater St. Louis area visits Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Elizabeth Fraser/U.S. Army)
An all-female veteran honor flight from the Greater St. Louis area visits Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Elizabeth Fraser/U.S. Army)
An all-female veteran honor flight from the Greater St. Louis area visits Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Elizabeth Fraser/U.S. Army)
An all-female veteran honor flight from the Greater St. Louis area visits Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Elizabeth Fraser/U.S. Army)
An all-female veteran honor flight from the Greater St. Louis area visits Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Thursday, June 12, 2025. (Elizabeth Fraser/U.S. Army)