Sumter marks Memorial Day with ceremony honoring those who made ultimate sacrifice

BY KAYLA ROBINS
kayla@theitem.com
Posted 5/29/18

A chair sat empty to the podium's left. Behind it, a "flag for everyone." Throughout Sumter County, 4,500 more American flags fluttered in the rain in 42 cemeteries.

City, county and state officials from Sumter County joined Shaw Air Force Base, …

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