HILLSDALE — National nonprofit Wreaths Across America (WAA) announced Monday that Maplewood Cemetery in Reading and St. Anthony Cemetery in Hillsdale will be joining in the mission to Remember, Honor, Teach, as official locations for 2024. This is the first year these two cemeteries will be joining Hillsdale County Chapter of Wreaths Across America’s Oak […]
More than 1,000 volunteers for Wreaths Across America placed nearly 10,000 wreaths on Saturday on the graves of veterans in the Canaveral National Cemetery in Mims and also saying the veterans’ names aloud. The volunteers were able to place the wreaths about an hour and a half before the rain hit. For info on donating, […]
Dec. 17—ANDERSON — After placing a wreath before a tombstone belonging to a fellow Air Force veteran, Jonny Wickham stood and saluted, pausing to remind himself of the meaning of the moment. “A lot of people don’t think deep enough on what our freedom means, and what it took, and what it continues to take, […]
YORK COUNTY, Pa. (WHTM) – Veterans and volunteers gathered at Lebanon Cemetery in York to lay more than 300 wreaths at the gravestones of fallen heroes. “It’s a wonderful experience, the Wreaths Across America, and then for it to be able to be right here in our backyard and to be able to contribute to […]
SAN DIEGO — Hundreds of San Diegans gathered at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery in Point Loma Saturday to remember and honor the fallen by placing holiday wreaths at the gravesites of those who served the country. In Point Loma, 8,000 wreaths were placed thanks to Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit founded to continue and expand […]