Field of Honor Ceremony
Date and Time
Saturday Jul 13, 2019
10:00 AM - 12:00 PM EDT
Saturday, 13 July, 2019 beginning at 10 a.m.
Location
Veterans Memorial Park and Rear Admiral LeRoy Collins, Jr. Veterans Museum, 3602 U.S.
Highway 301 N. in Tampa.
Fees/Admission
The event, museum, and monuments at Veterans Memorial Park are all free and open to the public.
Website
Contact Information
Walt Raysick at (813)653-4924
Description
The Veterans Council of Hillsborough County invites the community to its quarterly Field of Honor Ceremony. The event will pay tribute to heroes who lost their lives during the months of April, May, and June 2019. Fallen members of law enforcement will also be honored, including a member of the Sanibel Police Department.
Attendees will be invited to join in placing American flags at the Field of Honor circle during a reading of names of U.S. military service members who made the ultimate sacrifice:
Three casualties from Operation Inherent Resolve (Iraq, Syria and Yemen) Seven casualties from Operation Freedom’s Sentinel/Resolute Support NATO (Afghanistan)
42 previously unidentified remains of U.S. military members lost during World War II, Korea, and Vietnam (formerly listed as missing-in-action, now identified through advancements in mitochondrial DNA research).
Participants in the summer Field of Honor ceremony include: the Greater Tampa Bay Blue Star Mothers of America, the Young Marines of Tampa Bay color guard, Cub Scout Troop 610, VFW Post 8108, Sgt. Walter P. Ryan Detachment 1226 Marine Corps League of Riverview, and singer Thurnell “Chip” Shields (USMC Ret.) of Hillsborough County Fire Rescue. Local Gold Star representatives will include the family of a Tampa Airman whose remains were recently recovered 66 years after a military plane crash in Alaska.
The event, museum, and monuments at Veterans Memorial Park are all free and open to the public.
