THE FOLLOWING IS A WREATHS ACROSS AMERICA RELEASE
Remember our Heroes, Honor Their Service and Teach The Value of Freedom
Representative Stephanie Kifowit from the 84th illinois district and USMC veteran is guest speaker at the WAA ceremony this year at the Danville National Cemetery on Saturday December 13th, 2025 starting at (11:00am CST) for the ceremony, and the wreath laying will happen directly following the ceremony. This is our 19th 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 481 wreaths. There are just under 12,000 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 2024 over 3 million wreaths were placed nationwide, by over 4 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
For more information, please visit www.WreathsAcrossAmerica.org or to schedule an interview you can email Tammy Williams at Danvillewreaths@yahoo.com or see the local facebook page http://www.facebook.com/coverdanvillenationalcemetary or call (217)516-2354.
