Woodcrafters Club Makes Free Urns for Veterans
After hearing about a veteran buried in a cardboard box, the group launched the effort a few months ago.
The members of the Tampa Woodcrafters were horrified when they heard a World War II veteran was buried in a Florida cemetery in a cardboard box. So they set out to do something about it. About three months ago, Tom Whittington of Land O’ Lakes and other club members from across the Bay area began crafting wooden urns for veterans. The average age of club members is 75, and 75 percent of them are veterans, Whittington said. Club members were “appalled at the way our war heroes are treated by the government they served,” he said. The Florida National Cemetery holds a special service four times each year for all veterans who are buried without family present. But it would take an Act of Congress to give the Veterans Affairs Department the …
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