TAMPA, Fla. (WFLA)—Tampa City Councilman Luis Viera hosts the annual National Purple Heart Day flag raising ceremony Thursday morning.

The flag raising will be outside Old City Hall at 8:30 a.m.

The flag raising is to honor the sacrifices of U.S. military service members who were wounded or killed in combat.

Councilman Viera, other veterans, and Purple Heart family members will give remarks at the ceremony.

The ceremony will be live in the video player above, or watch WFLA Now on our TV streaming app on Roku, Apple TV, Fire TV, and Samsung Smart TVs.

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