Memorial Day services across Northeast Florida remember fallen service members

JACKSONVILLE, Fla. – Individuals got here collectively Monday at Memorial Day providers throughout Northeast Florida to honor those that made the final word sacrifice whereas serving in the US armed forces.

Listed here are a few of the completely different occasions commemorating Memorial Day this yr.

Volunteers step in for households unable to go to fallen heroes

Travis Manion Basis, together with Wounded Warrior Challenge and AmeriCorps, on Monday hosted the Honor Challenge, an occasion the place volunteers come collectively to face in for army households of the fallen unable to go to their family members round Memorial Day.

It befell on the Jacksonville Nationwide Cemetery.

Via the Honor Challenge, family members of fallen service members request a private go to to their fallen hero. On Armed Forces Day and Memorial Day, a whole bunch of volunteers from throughout the nation personally go to and place Flags of Valor wood cash at every hero’s internment location, paying their respects and pausing to mirror on the sacrifices of these service members.

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Navy working canines remembered throughout service

Jacksonville Pet Funeral House and Pet Memorial Park on Monday held a Memorial Day service to recollect army working canines.

In the course of the service, a bit of the army Okay-9 memorial part was devoted to K9s For Warriors, and a K9s For Warriors service canine who died earlier this month was memorialized.

On the park, there are 5 memorial pavers devoted to service canines, together with army service canines and 9/11 search and rescue canines.

The service started at 1 p.m. and was open to the general public. The ceremony included bagpipes, faucets performed on a trumpet and a gun salute to honor canines within the army.

Inexperienced Cove Springs hosts thirty fourth Annual Memorial Day RiverFest

The town of Inexperienced Cove Springs on Monday hosted its thirty fourth Annual Memorial Day RiverFest in Spring Park.

The occasion kicked off at 10 a.m. and was scheduled to run till 9 p.m.

The town begins the pageant yearly with a gap ceremony throughout which about 150 veterans from Northeast Florida and Southeast Georgia are acknowledged each individually and by army department. The spotlight of the ceremony is a flyover by Dreamland Squadron to acknowledge all army that died in fight. An Outdated Glory presentation, wreath laying, bell ringing and a efficiency of faucets have been added to this yr’s ceremony.

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Navy car and memorabilia shows supplied by the Camp Blanding Museum and Navy Automobile Preservation Affiliation could possibly be seen in Spring Park.

There have been additionally about 20 native meals vehicles and 75 craft distributors lining the park. As well as, there was a kids’s zone with horse rides and extra.

The town additionally deliberate to have a rubber duck race and watermelon consuming contest within the afternoon.

Festivalgoers might get pleasure from reside leisure, as nicely.

RiverFest’s annual highlights embrace free entry into town’s spring-fed public pool and fireworks present over the St. Johns River.

Jacksonville honors fallen heroes

The town of Jacksonville added 4 names to the Veterans Memorial Wall on the annual Memorial Day Observance on Monday to honor fallen heroes.

Calvin T. Rockward III, U.S. Military; Christian M. Tette, U.S. Military; Adam D. Pecaut, U.S. Navy; and Michael L. Jordan, U.S. Navy have been among the many numerous variety of service members honored Monday morning. The ceremony featured a collection of tributes from completely different army branches.

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The free occasion paid tribute to the courageous service members who sacrificed their lives for our freedom and served as an area for folks to return collectively and pay homage to these sacrifices.

Service wreaths have been positioned in entrance of the Veterans Memorial Wall, which lists the names of all of the Jacksonville service members who gave the best sacrifice for our nation. The Veterans Memorial Wall can be the second-largest memorial wall in the US, in keeping with town of Jacksonville.

The Navy Band Southeast and Jacksonville Youngsters’s Refrain additionally carried out.