The Riverview Detachment of the Marine Corps League remembered soldiers who died during the previous 90 days at last month's Operation Field of Honor ceremony conducted by the Veterans Council of Hillsborough County. A flag was planted in the field in honor of each of the fallen members of the Marine Corps, Navy, Air Force and Army after their names were read aloud at the ceremony held at the Hillsborough County Veterans Memorial Museum and Park. ...more

November 11, 2009

At the October Operation Field of Honor ceremony conducted by the Veterans Council of Hillsborough County at the Hillsborough County Veterans Memorial Museum and Park, the Riverview Detachment of the Marine Corps League remembered soldiers who died during the previous 90 days. ...more

November 11, 2009

Face-painting, giant inflatable slides, a rock climbing wall and, what's this? A row of ancient weapons of mass destruction lined up on the Hudson High School football field? The school held its fourth annual medieval festival Friday, and as students poured onto the field it looked like they were leaving their studies behind for two hours of fun and fantasy. ...more

March 18, 2009

Valrico resident Frank Strom, manager for Hillsborough County Veterans Affairs and a retired Marine, and his 6-year-old son, Joshua, a kindergartner at Cimino Elementary School in Valrico, planted flags representing fallen servicemen and women at the Jan. 10 Field of Honor Ceremony hosted by the Vietnam Veterans of America at the Veterans Memorial Museum and Park. ...more

February 4, 2009

The Veterans Council of Hillsborough County conducted the quarterly Field of Honor Ceremony on Jan. 10 at Veteran's Memorial Regional Park. ...more

February 4, 2009

Things To Do is a list of some interesting upcoming events. Today A Rose Is A Rose ...more

January 7, 2009

The Hillsborough Veterans Council and Veterans of America Tampa Bay Chapter 787 will honor military personnel who have lost their lives fighting the war on terrorism with a Field of Honor Ceremony on Jan. 10. ...more

January 2, 2009

At a ceremony Saturday, 226 flags were added to the Field of Honor display at Veterans Memorial Park on U.S. 301 in Tampa. That brings the total to 4,791, each flag representing a U.S. casualty in Iraq or Afghanistan. After the ceremony, USF student Darryl Dudding helped replace weathered flags. ...more

October 12, 2008

Marsha Passmore, director of outreach for Hopewell Funeral Home & Memorial Gardens, invites the community to the second annual Hopewell Lantern Ghost Walk on Oct. 31. The event will begin at 6 p.m. with music at McCall Park, Collins and Drane streets downtown. ...more

October 8, 2008

At a ceremony Saturday at Veterans Memorial Park on U.S. 301, 191 miniature U.S. flags were added to the Operation Field of Honor memorial. ...more

January 13, 2008