Operation Continue Service News Today

Operation Continue Service hosted the expo alongside American Legion Post 69. There was food, music and resources for everyone.

Memorial Day travel and festivities have begun. WCBI caught up with some people who share the holiday's significance.During the Civil War, communities became hospitals for wounded soldiers and the final resting place for some.According to the CEO of Visit Columbus, Nancy Carpenter, in 1866, a group of women in the town decided not to let the war line divide their sympathy, and they placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves soldiers alike.

Operation Continue Service, a veterans support group, held a 20-mile Remembrance Ruck March on May 7.

Melvin Gatewood, a native of Columbus who now lives in Mount Juliet, Tennessee, grew up in a family of service.

Super Bowl gives retired Columbus soldier national platform to raise awareness for veterans' mental health