THE FOLLOWING IS A WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA RELEASE
Wreaths Across AmericaTM Day To Honor Veterans at National Cemetery and Over 4,200+ Participating Locations Nationwide
On Friday December 13th, 2024 at 11am the wreaths will be escorted from the south Circle K, 610 S Bowman Ave, to Main St to the main entrance of the VA, ending at the Danville National Cemetery , where the wreaths will be set up for the wreath laying the next day.
On Saturday December, 14th,2024 members of the Danville community will gather together to honor veterans during the holiday season as part of the annual Wreaths Across America Day.
Representative Brandun Schweizer is guest speaker at the WAA ceremony this year at the Danville National Cemetery on Saturday December 14th, 2024 starting at (11:00am CST) for the ceremony, and the wreath laying will happen directly following the ceremony. This is our 18th year participating in this program, and we have increased our wreath count every year.
Specially designated wreaths for the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine, and POW/MIA, PTSD, Agent orange, and the Scott Bennett memorial wreath for disabled veterans. This ceremony will be coordinated simultaneously at over 4,200+ participating locations all across the Country.
Currently we have 4,404 wreaths. There are 11,816 currently interred at Danville National Cemetery. So help is needed for fundraising for 2025. Our goal is to cover the whole cemetery with wreaths
In 2023 over 3 million wreaths were placed nationwide, by over 3 million volunteers, with one third of them children, as part of the Wreaths Across America mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach.
Wreaths across America TM (WAA) is a national nonprofit organization founded in 2007 to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman, Morrill Worcester, in 1992
