Wreaths Across America

Each December, the Worcester Wreath Company of Maine donates thousands of wreaths to be placed on the graves at Arlington National Cemetery. The effort has also recently expanded to include other cemeteries around the country. You can read more about this project here:
http://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/About-Us/

I decided to go see the wreath laying ceremony, held at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier after the changing of the guard at noon on Saturday, Dec. 12th.

More than 4,000 volunteers spent the morning placing the wreaths in the older sections of the cemetery, the idea being that those are the areas that are least visited and no one shall be forgotten. I wish I'd figured that out earlier enough to volunteer. Maybe next year. I did however take a wreath for Dad's grave, since he was not in one of the decorated sections.