Date/Time
Date(s) - 12/17/2022
12:00 pm - 2:00 pm
Location
Evergreen Cemetery
Categories
National Wreaths Across America Day to be held at the Evergreen Cemetery, 69 Forest Lake Road Winchester, NH
WHAT: Evergreen Cemetery, an official Wreaths Across America (WAA) location, will host a wreath-laying ceremony, joining more than 3,100 other locations across the country for National Wreaths Across America Day. Coordinated and led by local volunteers, fundraising groups have raised funds throughout the year to sponsor the placement of 436 veterans’ wreaths on the headstones of our fallen service members laid to rest there. This annual event seeks to further the WAA mission of Remember, Honor, Teach, ensuring that the memory of those who served our country endures.
WHEN: Saturday, December 17, 2022
WHERE:
Evergreen Cemetery
69 Forest Lake Road
Winchester, NH 03470
WHO:
Veterans, active service members and families
About Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization’s mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as at more than 2,700 veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and overseas.
Volunteer Location Contact:
Angela Mathieu: amathieu2003@yahoo.com; (802)380-5393
Todd Kilanski: toddkilanski@yahoo.com’ (603)903-9737
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