Inauguration Viewing Breakfast In Washington Dc

Pancake Breakfast for WWII Vets' Flight

A pancake breakfast fundraiser is slated for Saturday, July 30th, in Colorado Springs to collect donations for Southern Colorado's inaugural "Honor Flight". The flight will carry WWII veterans from the region to Washington D.C. to view the WWII Memorial.

A non-profit has formed to fund the mission. The first Southern Colorado Honor Flight will take place this fall. Organizers say this is a way to give a priceless memory to veterans who are still alive, and give back to those who sacrificed for our freedom.

The pancake breakfast will run from 7 a.m. - 9 a.m. at the Applebee's Restaurant on North Academy and Goddard in Colorado Springs. KKTV 11 news Anchor Shannon Brinias will join other "celebrity servers", like El Paso County Commissioner Peggy Littleton and City Council member Bernie Herpin.

Tickets are $7 each, and acan be purchased at the door.

It's estimated it will cost about $700 for every veteran to be taken on the trip. Organizers would like to bring 36 veterans on the first flight.

Jesse Boyd Jr., 86, is expected to be among them. He was drafted into the army when he was 17 years old. He trained as a radio and signal equipment specialist, and even helped develop the first walkie talkies used in combat. His first deployment to the Philippines still haunts him.

"As we were going onto the beach we were at eye level with all the battle ships and you could see when they fired the big salvo of shells onto the island you could see the battleships go sideways," Boyd said. “If we hadn't won, we would not be here.”

After WWII, Boyd served in Korea and Vietnam alongside so many other American heroes.

"So you see, the thing is, you never forget who you were with," Boyd recalls with tears in his eyes.

"My particular time I understand there's a thousand of us dying a day and I'm going to hold off on that as long as I can, but at any rate that's my feeling and like I say I'm proud to wear this uniform," Boyd said choking back tears.

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LISTED BELOW ARE SOME OF THE MORE EXTRAVAGANT HOTEL OFFERINGS FOR THE 2009 PRESIDENTIAL INAUGURAL….ENJOY

Sources: Washingtonian.com, CNN, ABC, Washington Post, various travel guides

Mandarin Oriental Hotel:

If you’re able to drop more than 0,000 on lodging for the inauguration, the Mandarin Oriental hotel in Southwest DC is offering a luxe Presidential Privilege package that includes four nights in the hotel’s swanky presidential suite. The 3,500-square-foot unit, on the ninth floor, has floor-to-ceiling windows, two balconies, and a telescope to take in panoramic views of the city. The suite’s 14 rooms include three bedrooms, three bathrooms, and dining and media rooms. A grand piano, a chess table, and a 60-inch flat-screen television are among the extra touches.

As part of the inaugural package, you’ll enjoy breakfast in bed every day, a private dinner for eight at the hotel’s restaurant, CityZen, and 24-hour butler service. Daily treatments at the hotel’s spa are also included, as are outfits by Ralph Lauren to be worn to the inaugural balls (tickets to an unnamed “inaugural event” are included). You’ll be driven around town in a chauffeured Maserati Quattroporte, which features a back seat stocked with snacks and Champagne, and you’ll enjoy Champagne and caviar in your suite each evening. Omni Shoreham Hotel:

Four guests at the Omni Shoreham Hotel will be living large this January. The hotel’s 44th Commander-in-Chief Package, priced at a whopping 0,000, includes lots of bells and whistles to make its four-night stay for the inauguration as deluxe as possible.

Guests will stay in the two-bedroom, 1,700-square-foot Shoreham Presidential suite. It includes living and dining rooms, a library, a full kitchen, and a balcony. They’ll be treated to private breakfasts and an in-room dinner with entertainment by political satirist Mark Russell. Because tickets for four to the swearing-in ceremony are included, the hotel will make sure that its VIP guests are well coiffed and outfitted for the event: They’ll enjoy a preinauguration makeover by Elizabeth Arden’s Red Door Salon & Spa, a ,000 shopping spree from the Lambros Jewelry Inauguration Collection, and personalized president and first lady cologne and perfume.

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