Over 200 veterans, Gold Star families, local officials and community members gathered at Gainesville’s Evergreen Cemetery on Monday for the city and Alachua County’s Memorial Day ceremony, honoring the lives of fallen U.S. military men and women.
The ceremony took place at the Veterans Monument in Evergreen Cemetery, where over 1,100 service members are buried. Volunteers worked over the weekend to place American flags at each of the graves.
Volunteers included the Milton Lewis Young Marines, whose namesake, Corporal Milton Lewis, is buried at Evergreen…