Memorial Hospital Jacksonville remembers a year of COVID-19 and beyond
They sprouted like yellow flowers early Wednesday in front of Memorial Hospital Jacksonville, planted there by nurses, doctors and staff to remember the past year's battles against COVID-19. The Flags of Hope, some in bright sun while others flapped in shadowy morning breezes, were there to remember the tears and exhaustion they lived with as the COVID-19 pandemic impacted Jacksonville and the world. But for all the memories of those treated at the University Boulevard hospital since Jacksonville's first pandemic patient arrived there almost 13 months ago, the flags became a symbolic...