BUSHNELL, Fla. (WFLA) — For the second time in the past year, a deceased widow was interred with the wrong late husband at Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell. Salutes of 21 guns are common at the ...
BUSHNELL, Fla. (WFLA) — The cremated remains of a veteran’s widow who requested to be laid to rest with her husband were mixed with the wrong remains, according to Department of Veterans Affairs ...
BUSHNELL, Fla. — The widow of a military veteran was buried with the wrong spouse at Florida National Cemetery, according to a report. According to WFLA-TV, a woman’s casket was found in a crypt with ...
This is an archived article and the information in the article may be outdated. Please look at the time stamp on the story to see when it was last updated. BUSHNELL, Fla. (WFLA) — For the second time ...
The Orlando Sentinel reported that thirteen Jewish graves were desecrated over the weekend at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell. Only Jewish tombstones knocked over or uprooted, while other ...
Veterans came from as close as Sumter and Marion counties and as far away as Texas to honor fallen comrades with their very own swatches of the red, white and blue. On Sunday morning, upwards of 3,000 ...
Voices beneath the covered shelter ceased, their soft, soothing tones replaced by birds singing in nearby trees. Suddenly, rifle volleys pierced the stillness, spewing fire into the cloudy sky and ...
For the first time, all veterans' graves at Florida National Cemetery have small American flags waving over them on Memorial Day.Memorial Day: A history in picturesOver 3,000 volunteers came Sunday to ...
Felix Ramirez’s father, an immigrant field worker from Mexico, sowed in his family a reverence for the American flag that to him symbolized opportunity and new beginnings. Years later, the sight of ...