From the playing of the volunteer JFRD Pipes & Drums, to the Navy Band Southeast’s horns ringing and Voices of Jacksonville’s singing, the Veterans Memorial Wall was filled with the sounds of salute during the city of Jacksonville’s yearly Memorial Day ceremony.
by The city says no new names were added this year, but the U.S. Department of Defense says close to one thousand military members have died each year over the last 10 years.
“We live a life of freedom, secured by the lives of your daughters and sons, husbands and wives, fathers and mothers,” said Mayor Donna Deegan, one of the local leaders who attended the ceremony…