23-05-2025
Pictures: Memorial Day 2025
Scenes from Memorial Day weekend 2025, including at the the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)
HONORING VETERANS — U.S. Army infantry veteran Duane Hunt gets a happy greeting from Jora, a therapy dog from Orlando International Airport's Paw Pilots program during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Hunt served three years in Vietnam. Jora comes to Orlando from the Wyoming-based Alliance of Therapy Dogs — a international registry of certified therapy dog teams — that supports airports, hospitals, schools and assisted-living facilities. Jora's handler is volunteer Elena Hoelscher. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Members of the U.S. Public Health Service present a wreath at the Central Florida Veterans Memorial Park during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Military leaders and elected officials gathered at the VA for the ceremony with several hundred veterans to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) HONORING VETERANS — Members of the U.S. Public Health Service salute while presenting a wreath at the Central Florida Veterans Memorial Park during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Military leaders and elected officials gathered at the VA for the ceremony with several hundred veterans to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) HONORING VETERANS — Ruben Martin from American Legion Post 331 Honor Guard stands at attention during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Military leaders and elected officials gathered at the VA for the ceremony with several hundred veterans to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) HONORING VETERANS — Members of the U.S. Public Health Service salute while presenting a wreath at the Central Florida Veterans Memorial Park during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Military leaders and elected officials gathered at the VA for the ceremony with several hundred veterans to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) HONORING VETERANS — Veteran Ruben Martin from American Legion Post 331 Honor Guard carries the American flag during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Military leaders and elected officials gathered at the VA for the ceremony with several hundred veterans to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) HONORING VETERANS — Members of the U.S. Public Health Service salute during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Military leaders and elected officials gathered at the VA for the ceremony with several hundred veterans to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) HONORING VETERANS — Chaplain David Coggins holds an American flag during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Military leaders and elected officials gathered at the VA for the ceremony with several hundred veterans to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) HONORING VETERANS — U.S. Army infantry veteran Duane Hunt gets a happy greeting from Jora, a therapy dog from Orlando International Airport's Paw Pilots program during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Hunt served three years in Vietnam. Jora comes to Orlando from the Wyoming-based Alliance of Therapy Dogs —a international registry of certified therapy dog teams— that supports airports, hospitals, schools and assisted-living facilities. Jora's handler is volunteer Elena Hoelscher. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) HONORING VETERANS — From left, Julie Lushetsky, Kasey Borders and Tim Gifford, of VFW Post 2093, perform during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Military leaders and elected officials gathered at the VA for the ceremony with several hundred veterans to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) HONORING VETERANS — Congressman Max Frost delivers remarks during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Military leaders and elected officials gathered at the VA for the ceremony with several hundred veterans to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) HONORING VETERANS — U.S. Army infantry veteran Duane Hunt speaks to Congressman Max Frost during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Hunt served three years in Vietnam. Military leaders and elected officials gathered at the VA for the ceremony with several hundred veterans to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) HONORING VETERANS — Keynote speaker Cindy Van Bibber, director of the Cape Canaveral National Cemetary, delivers remarks during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Military leaders and elected officials gathered at the VA for the ceremony with several hundred veterans to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Opening on Memorial Day weekend, fireworks launch over the new Universal Epic theme park, Wednesday. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Opening on Memorial Day weekend, fireworks launch over the new Universal Epic theme park, Wednesday. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel) Show Caption1 of 16HONORING VETERANS — U.S. Army infantry veteran Duane Hunt, left, watches as members of the U.S. Public Health Service present a wreath during the Memorial Day ceremony at the Orlando VA Medical Center in Lake Nona, Friday, May 23, 2025. Hunt served three years in Vietnam. Military leaders and elected officials gathered at the VA for the ceremony with several hundred veterans to kick off the Memorial Day weekend. (Joe Burbank/Orlando Sentinel)Expand
