LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Organizers of the annual holiday Wreaths Across America ceremonies planned for this weekend are inviting residents across Lake County to take part and remember the sacrifices of veterans.
The ceremonies will take place at five cemeteries around Lake County beginning at 9 a.m. sharp on Saturday, Dec. 16.
They will be held at the Hartley, Kelseyville, Lower Lake, Middletown and St. Mary’s cemeteries.
This year the theme is, “Serve and Succeed.”
Wreaths Across America has three goals: To remember the fallen, honor those who serve and their families, and teach children the value of freedom.
Youth and veterans organizations have volunteered to conduct the Wreaths Across America ceremonies this year.
Eight ceremonial wreaths will be placed to remember all soldiers, sailors, airmen and marines who served, honor their sacrifices and teach our younger generations about the high cost of our freedoms.
Wreaths Across America pursues its mission with nationwide wreath-laying events amid the holiday season, and year-round educational outreach inviting all Americans to appreciate our freedoms and the cost at which they are delivered.
Specially designated wreaths for the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, Space Force and POW/MIA will be placed on memorials during a ceremony that will be coordinated simultaneously at over participating locations all across the country and overseas.
In 2022, more than 2.7 million veteran wreaths were placed on headstones at 3,702 participating cemeteries around the country in honor of the service and sacrifices made for our freedoms, with each name said out loud.
More than 644 truckloads of wreaths were delivered across the country by hundreds of volunteer professional truck drivers.
Every person has something to give, whether it is their time, ideas, compassion or resources. Mother Teresa said it best: “The greatest good is what we do for one another.”
Take an hour amid the hustle and bustle of this holiday season, bring your families to one of these heartfelt ceremonies on Saturday and help lay a wreath as part of remembering and honoring our veterans and teaching our children the value of the sacrifices that have been made.
Wreaths Across America ceremonies planned across Lake County Dec. 16
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