The food drive in Gainesville on Thursday provided 625 free baskets of food for low-income families, with leftover food going to the general public, too.
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St. Francis House Executive Director, Kent Vann, stepped down after 17 years in the position to focus on his health and spend time with family.
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The crinkle of plastic bags kept pace with Kirk Franklin's music blaring over the speakers at the Alachua County Fairgrounds.
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Twenty-two employers offering a wide variety of jobs were at the event.
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The Hawthorne library offers recreational classes to adults, such as a watercolor painting class, that help seniors stay active and involved in the community.
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Each year, Alachua county honors different veteran groups at the annual Veterans Day celebration. This year, the program put a special emphasis on honoring those who served in World War II and the Korean War.
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On each Memorial Day since 2007, the Gainesville chapter of Veterans for Peace has placed a 12-inch ceremonial tombstone for every U.S. soldier who died in Iraq or Afghanistan.
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Each year during the Captain James B. King Veterans Day Concert, a clarinet is presented to one Alachua County middle school band student.
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On Feb. 6, 1968, Hammett Bowen Junior left Ocala to enlist in the U.S. Army and fight in the Vietnam War.
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The Jacksonville-based Semper Fidelis Society erected a memorial in Jacksonville in honor of the military who lost their lives in the Beirut bombing of 1983. The memorial will be dedicated in Evergreen Cemetery November 10, 2019, the 244th birthday of the United States Marine Corps.
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