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Families gather on Memorial Day to honor the fallen at Florida National Cemetery
WFTV via Yahoo News· 12 months agoCrowds gathered Monday for the annual Memorial Day ceremony at Florida National Cemetery. More than...
World War II soldier identified, laid to rest at South Florida National Cemetery west of Lake Worth...
Palm Beach Daily News via Yahoo News· 8 months agoThousands of miles and nearly eight decades stood between U.S. Army Pfc. Roy J. Searle and his final...
Veterans cemetery official won’t return to Bay Pines after investigation
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo Finance· 6 months agoThe former director of a veterans cemetery in Pinellas County has been permanently transferred to...
Hundreds pay Memorial Day respects at South Florida National Cemetery
South Florida Sun Sentinel via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA police helicopter did a flyby. Reveille and Taps sounded though the trees. Honor guards marched...
VA sexual harassment accuser frustrated by flawed investigation
WFLA via Yahoo News· 6 months agoST. PETERSBURG, Fla. (WFLA) — Navy Reservist Jennifer Jones appreciated the opportunity to volunteer...
Bay Pines cemetery director reassigned while harassment reports investigated
Tampa Bay Times, St. Petersburg, Fla. via Yahoo Finance· 10 months agoST. PETERSBURG — Doug Maddox stood at the lectern on Memorial Day to emphasize the importance of...
Salute: Army vet teams up with National Cemetery volunteers in Bushnell
Daily Commercial via Yahoo News· 2 years agoFormer 1st Lt. Douglas “Doug” Gardner, 74, is an Army veteran from Topeka, Kansas, now living in The...
'Their march is over': Two Marion County vets, bodies unclaimed, laid to rest with dignity
Ocala Star Banner via Yahoo News· 2 years agoTwo local veterans who died in December might have been laid to rest without even a thank you for...
'His service was his life': Veteran, community leader Lewis Alston dies at 72
Ocala Star Banner via Yahoo News· 6 months agoLewis Alston, a U.S. Marine Corps combat veteran of the Vietnam War and Purple Heart recipient whose...
‘You’re not alone’: Central Florida fallen veterans honored during ‘final mile’ ceremony
WFTV via Yahoo News· 2 years agoA “final mile” ceremony was conducted for two local veterans this week at the Orlando VA Medical...