Eternal flame isn’t eternal. It didn’t burn on Veteran’s Day

By at 15 November, 2009, 7:50 am



Oh, embarrassing. On Veteran’s Day the eternal flame on Jacksonville’s Veterans Memorial Mall wasn’t burning. The city said it learned two weeks ago that the self-starter built into the marble pedestal of the flame wasn’t doing its job,

reports news4jax.com. So when the wind blows out the flame, it has to be manually restarted by someone with a lighter.

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Eternal flame isn’t eternal. It didn’t burn on Veteran’s Day

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