If you have ever attended a ceremony at the Ocala-Marion County Veterans Memorial Park in Ocala, there’s a very good chance you saw Lewis Alston in action.
Alston, a veteran of the U. S. Marine Corps, was often there in uniform. He may have been playing the bugle, commanding a rifle team, placing a wreath or speaking at a podium.
He also
Sam Coventry is learning what it means to be a veteran in a way no book could ever tell. Sam, 17, a student at the College of Central Florida, is part of a local effort to record veteran’s stories for the Library of Congress in Washington, D.C. The Veterans History Project (VHP) compiles video or written narratives with photographs, drawings