WASHINGTON (SPECTRUM NEWS) — Just under 100 local retired servicemen received a hero’s welcome in the Nation’s Capital.

Old Glory Honor Flights, an Appleton-based group, sponsored a day-long trip to Washington for these World War II, Korean War and Vietnam veterans from all across Wisconsin.

The organization has been sponsoring these trips since 2009 and Wednesday was it's 52nd trip.

Keith Isley, a Vietnam veteran from De Perre says this moment felt different to him.

“I’ve been here in a long time ago and they didn’t have a lot of the World War II or the Korean, or any of those memorials, so this is different,” said Isley.

Returning many years later with his daughter and fellow vets to the take in the World War II Memorial for the first time gave him a lot to be grateful for.

“It came too late for a lot of those guys but it’s beautiful,” he said.

Congressman Mike Gallagher, R-Green Bay met left Capitol Hill to greet the group.

“I think it’s a great way for us to honor the service and sacrifice of the men and women who fought to keep this country safe,” said Rep. Gallagher. “And particularly on a day like 9/11, when we’re reminded off the fact that it is a dangerous world that we live in and that we ask a lot of our servicemen and women to keep us safe.”