Wreaths Across America ceremonies planned Dec. 17
- LAKE COUNTY NEWS REPORTS
LAKE COUNTY, Calif. — Wreaths Across America ceremonies will take place at five ceremonies across Lake County this weekend.
Everyone is welcome to the events, which will begin at 8:55 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 17, at the Hartley, Kelseyville, Lower Lake, Middletown and St. Mary’s cemeteries.
Lake County will gather together to honor veterans during the holiday season as part of the annual Wreaths Across America Day.
On this brisk December morning, help to show the veterans and families that they will not be forgotten.
This year the theme is “Find A Way to Serve.”
Youth organizations and veteran organizations have volunteered to conduct the Wreaths Across America ceremony this year at the five Lake County cemeteries.
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 2021, more than 2.4 million veteran wreaths were placed on headstones at 3,137 participating cemeteries around the country in honor of the service and sacrifices made for our freedoms, with each name said out loud.
More than 525 truckloads of wreaths were delivered across the country by hundreds of volunteer professional truck drivers.
The truck full of Remembrance Wreaths will be arriving in parts of Lake County on Tuesday, Dec. 13. Another truck will arrive in Lakeport on Thursday, Dec. 15, and will be escorted through the city at noon and on to Hartley Cemetery where 800 wreaths will be unloaded.
Join in and watch from the sidewalks along Main Street. Please bring your patriotic spirit to this welcome.
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 and bring your families to attend one of these heartfelt ceremonies on Saturday, Dec. 17, where we will remember and honor our veterans, teach our children the value of the sacrifices that have been made and help lay the wreaths.
Editor’s note: The time for wreath delivery has been updated.