{"id":276701,"date":"2026-05-19T15:15:04","date_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:15:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/276701\/"},"modified":"2026-05-19T15:15:04","modified_gmt":"2026-05-19T15:15:04","slug":"county-to-host-29th-annual-memorial-day-observance","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/276701\/","title":{"rendered":"County To Host 29th Annual Memorial Day Observance"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>Photo courtesy of Veterans Memorial Park and Museum.<\/p>\n

Hillsborough County Veteran\u202fCommunity\u202fServices and the Veterans Council of Hillsborough County\u202fwill host\u202fthe county\u2019s 29th annual Memorial Day Observance on Sunday, May 24, at 10 a.m. at Veterans Memorial Park & Rear Admiral Collins, Jr. Veterans Museum, located at 3602\u202fN.\u202fU.S. 301 in Tampa.<\/p>\n

In addition to the\u202fannual\u202f\u2018Garden of Gold\u2019\u202fflag\u202finstallation\u202fdepicting the faces and service branches of\u202flocal Gold Star Family members,\u202fthe event will include remembrances of fallen heroes from Operation Epic Fury.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo courtesy of Veterans Memorial Park and Museum.<\/p>\n

The 29th annual Memorial Day Observance will feature:<\/p>\n

Special guests, including\u202fMaj.\u202fGen.\u202fJohn Gronski;\u202fretired U.S. Army\u202fCommand\u202fChief Master\u202fSgt.\u202fChristopher Ottenwess of the 6th\u202fAir Refueling Wing,\u202fMacDill Air Force Base;\u202fand\u202fAmerican Gold Star Mothers.\u202f
\nJunior Reserve Officers\u2019 Training Corps (JROTC), rifle salute, and taps.\u202f
\nOn-site resources for veterans and military families.
\nRefreshments and fellowship following the outdoor amphitheater ceremony.<\/p>\n

\"\"Photo courtesy of Veterans Memorial Park and Museum.<\/p>\n

Event attendees\u202fare encouraged to visit the monuments\u202fand Garden of Gold\u202fflag display.<\/p>\n

For military families, Memorial Day is more than just the unofficial start of summer.\u202fRecent and ongoing operations overseas make the upcoming\u202fholiday\u202fa sensitive time for the military community, especially for Gold Star families whose loved ones made the ultimate sacrifice. They ask that Americans reflect on the true meaning of\u202fMemorial Day: honoring those who gave their lives in service to our nation.<\/p>\n

Hillsborough County\u2019s Veterans Memorial Park is open daily from 7 a.m.-5 p.m., with free admission and parking.\u202fFor more information, visit https:\/\/hcfl.gov\/departments\/veteran-community-services<\/a> or contact Hillsborough County Veteran\u202fCommunity\u202fServices at 813-635-8316.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Photo courtesy of Veterans Memorial Park and Museum. Hillsborough County Veteran\u202fCommunity\u202fServices and the Veterans Council of Hillsborough County\u202fwill…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":276702,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[10],"tags":[135,137,136],"class_list":["post-276701","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tampa","tag-tampa","tag-tampa-headlines","tag-tampa-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276701","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=276701"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/276701\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/276702"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=276701"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=276701"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/us-fl\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=276701"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}