Veterans Honor Tour heads to Washington, D.C.

Missouri State Highway Patrol Trooper Garrett Hendrix photographs Roy Cato and his wife, Lois Cato, prior to their departure Friday morning. (DAR/Paul Davis)

Retired Poplar Bluff Police officer Fred Landwersiek (left) talks with longtime friend Sgt. Chuck Harris on the bus before Friday's Veterans Honor Tour departure. (DAR/Paul Davis)

Allen Payne attaches a name tag to his bag before loading it onto the bus for the trip to Washington, D.C. (DAR/Paul Davis)

Veterans wait to board the Veterans Honor Tour bus early Friday morning on the lot of Poplar Bluff's First Baptist Church (DAR/Paul Davis)

Veterans Honor Tour coordinator Jerry Sneathern (right) talks with Jan Desgranges and Roger Desgranges before boarding the bus for Friday's Veterans Honor Tour trip to Washington, D.C. (DAR/Paul Davis)

Veterans board the bus early Friday for their trip to Washington, D.C. (DAR/Paul Davis)

A bus-load of veterans depart Poplar Bluff early Friday on the Veterans Honor Tour trip to Washington, D.C. (DAR/Paul Davis)

The Veterans Honor Tour bus makes its way north along Westwood Boulevard early Friday, escorted by local law enforcement and fire crews. (DAR/Paul Davis)