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Forest Park The Woodlands hosts Wreaths Across America Day Ceremony to honor Local Veterans
Forest Park The Woodlands Funeral Home & Cemetery participated in the nationwide effort to honor local Veteran heroes laid to rest in the cemetery on National Wreaths Across America Day, Saturday, December 14 by placing remembrance wreaths on the 425 headstones of Veterans.
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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 businessperson Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization’s yearlong mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach, is conducted in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as at more than 3,700 veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and overseas.
The community joined together to help sponsor wreaths in memory of a loved one, a Veteran, or to help ensure every Veteran who is laid to rest at Forest Park The Woodlands received a wreath. Spring Creek Area Blue Star Mothers, Boy Scouts of America Troop 777, Boy Scouts of America Troop 89, and The Woodlands Republican Women also supported Wreaths Across America and held fundraisers prior to the event to raise funds for the wreaths.
Prior to the scheduled event, cleanup efforts were led by National Honor Society of Legacy Preparatory Christian Academy High School. Boy Scouts of America Troops 777, 1777, Cub Scout Pack 777, Venturing Crew 112, along with American Heritage Girls Troop 1411 and Young Men’s Service League, The Oaks, assisted with placing individual markers on the gravesites of Veterans to indicate the location for wreath laying.
This was the second year Forest Park The Woodlands held the ceremonial event honoring Veterans. American Heritage Girls Troop 1411 presented the colors and a Procession of Wreaths for each branch of the military followed by POW/MIA wreath, Gold Star Mothers, and Blue Star Mothers. At the conclusion of the ceremony families and volunteers placed wreaths on the designated Veteran markers. After each wreath is placed, the Veteran’s name was read aloud so they will never be forgotten for serving our country.
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For more information about Wreaths Across America, visit www.WreathsAcrossamerica.org.
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