Moments from years past — warbirds, ceremonies, and the community that shows up.
US Marine in Dress Blues at the Toys for Tots tentVFW Post volunteers with Buddy Poppy displayUSO-era presenter speaking to a hangar audienceLiving-history storyteller addressing the crowdVietnam veteran with Honor Guard patches at his displayVietnam Veterans of America chapter members at their boothMarine Corps League members greeting a visitorRosie the Riveter reenactor beside a WWII flight-jacket volunteerVolunteers register students at the Elks Lodge tentCullman Elks Lodge #1609 volunteers on the tarmacFamily gathers around the P-51 Mustang 'Old Crow'JROTC cadet and 1940s-era reenactor beneath the flag at Cullman Regional AirportHughes OH-6 Cayuse helicopter with pilot and visitorsVietnam helicopter pilot welcomes a young visitor into a HueyVietnam Veterans of America members seated beneath the colorsVietnam Marine and Army veterans in conversation with a guest1st ID Desert Storm veteran and community member beside a P-51Congressional guest speaker greets attendees in the misty morningDoughnut Dollies serve coffee to a Vietnam veteran at The LandingVietnam Helicopter Pilots Association display with JROTC cadet on watchKids pose with the shark-mouth P-40 Warhawk on the flight lineAlabama Veterans Museum Red Tails display with WWII flight jacket and Mae West vestYoung visitor at the controls of a Vietnam-era Huey cockpitExcited child hopping down from a UH-1 Huey doorwayWallace State Aviation & Flight Technology recruiting booth in the hangarUSO Donut Dolly setting up glazed doughnuts for veteransCullman County Republican Women volunteer greets the USO Donut Dollies stationNorth Alabama Vietnam Veterans of America Chapter 1067 outreach tentAmerican Legion Post 4 Cullman and Auxiliary information boothDripping Springs DAR Project Patriot quilt raffle tableRestored red 1940s Ford woody wagon parked on the rampTeal-and-silver 1940s Chevrolet street rod in the car showGlossy black 1934 Ford sedan with hood open at the veterans car showBlue-and-white 1953 Ford custom with USMC memorial display at its bumperJROTC color guard presents the US and Alabama flags at the ceremonyVocalist performs the National Anthem beside a 101st Airborne soldierGuest speaker at the historic wooden podium during opening ceremoniesJROTC cadets stand in formation on the tarmac with warbirds behindT-6 'Mosquito' trainer TA-902 on a misty flight lineCrew member polishes the 'Tantalizing Takeoff' Beechcraft nose artKCMD volunteer helps a young visitor climb down from a military truckKids get hands-on with a mounted M2 .50 cal displayAlabama Guard NCO with rifle beside a National Guard MRAPAlabama National Guard soldier at the weapons familiarization tableCurtiss P-40 Warhawk with shark-mouth nose art on the misty rampKids wave from beneath the shark-mouth of the P-40 WarhawkRosie the Riveter reenactor, young newsboy, and 101st Airborne paratrooperVietnam veteran speaker at the podium during the ceremonyDignitaries and Vietnam veterans seated during the invocationRosie the Riveter volunteer in red-and-denim beside a Huey tailVolunteer pilot explains Huey cockpit controls to a young visitorChild steps from the doorway of a UH-1 Huey helicopterAlabama Veterans Museum volunteers share the Red Tails leather jacket displayWallace State Aviation & Flight Technology recruiter at the hangar boothBeechcraft 'Tantalizing Takeoff' twin-radial on displayVeteran visiting a T-6 'Mosquito' trainer on the flight lineCrowds gather around WWII bomber and Vietnam-era CobraShark-mouth warbird outside the hangarsAlabama National Guard vehicle draws a crowdMarine Corps League Toys for Tots tentCivil War reenactors in the encampment fieldCullman Elks Lodge student sign-in tentSons of Confederate Veterans historical displayElks Lodge #1609 volunteers at the welcome table
