A Gold Star family is a family that has lost a loved one in the line of duty, whether it was a son, daughter, mother or father. These families share a unique bond of grief that connects them in profound ways.

During part of the ceremony at Tampa's Veterans Memorial Park, Jeanette Nazario was seen embracing another Gold Star mother, offering comfort through their shared experience of loss.

"At that moment, I was feeling the same loss as her and what I would want someone to do for me, so I just gave her a big hug," Nazario said.

Nazario is a mother of three. One of her sons, Army Specialist Zachary Moore, died in 2017 at just 23 years old.

"He was a funny guy. He was a loyal guy. He was a family guy, so I mean, he was only 23, but he had such an old soul," Nazario said.

She still misses

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