The Florida National Cemetery

Today, my sister-in-law Esther and I went to the Florida National Cemetery where her late husband David and our sister-in-law Fumi are buried. If you have never visited this place, please take the time when you’re driving through Bushnell on I-75. Exit 309 is about 50 miles north of where I-275 and I-75 come together near Tampa.

The cemetery, which was established in 1980, was carved out of  the Withlacoochee State Forest. There are a lot of trees and an abundance of green lawn.

The pictures below do not do it justice, but they may give you an idea of what it is like.

 

Flags lined the entryway to the cemetery. This picture was taken from the area near the sign below.

   

The directory is located near the administration building which also houses a couple of gravesite locators. Here, Esther enters the last name of Dillenbeck and finds both David and Fumi. At this locator, you can print a map with the name and monument number of the person you want to find.

After driving around, we found the section where Fumi is resting.

 

As you can see, she is in section 405, monument number 100.

Esther brought flowers and, as you can see, did a wonderful job of decorating the gravestones.

 

David rests in section 324, tombstone number 192.

 

What a restful place to await the coming of Jesus when He comes to call us home.

Visiting a national cemetery really brings home how many have served their country in order to keep us free. May God bless them and their families. Let us never forget the price they all paid and let us live worthy of the sacrifice they have made. Let’s restore honor, restore integrity, and restore the Constitution.

Happy Memorial Day, everyone! God bless the USA!

Until next time…