On Saturday, December 17th at Noon, Wreaths Across America will be at Beaufort National Cemetery to Remember and Honor our veterans through the laying of Remembrance wreaths on the graves of our country’s fallen heroes and through the act of saying the name of each and every veteran aloud.
Volunteers are needed for the afternoon, and everyone is invited to the ceremony and also to help place the wreaths on as many graves as possible.
More than 26,000 wreaths will be needed to mark the graves of those veterans and family members interred in the cemetery. Beaufort National Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 26,000 military members and their spouses. Those interred represent every conflict from the Civil War to current combat casualties.
The mission of the National Wreaths Across America program is to remember our fallen heroes, honor them, and teach others of the sacrifices they have made for our Country. Started at Arlington National Cemetery in 1992, each year during the holiday season, wreaths are placed on veterans’ grave sites at more than 1,400 locations across the United States, at sea and around the world.
The Beaufort National Cemetery joined the national Wreaths Across America celebration about 17 years ago and has been participating in the Wreaths Across America ceremony ever since.
Over 25,000 wreaths were laid at Beaufort National Cemetery at last year’s Wreaths Across America Day. Before last year, 2019 saw more than 21,000, which had been the most to date.
Numbers are falling behind this year, and every headstone is deserving of a remembrance wreath.
Play your part and honor a veteran
You can honor our veterans by sponsoring wreaths.
Individuals or groups that wish to purchase one or more wreaths for the Wreaths Across America Beaufort event can do so by visiting this link. For updates on this year’s ceremony in Beaufort and to learn more about the organization, please visit Wreaths Across America Beaufort’s website.
Each wreath is hand-crafted of all-American balsam and hand-tied with a red velvet bow in Columbia Falls, Maine. It will then be sent to one of the participating locations where a volunteer will place it on the marker of a fallen hero. That volunteer will then “say their name” to ensure that the legacy of duty, service and sacrifice of that veteran is never forgotten.
Sponsoring a wreath means you’ll honor an American hero this year on Wreaths Across America Day.
That’s really special.
Wreaths Across America is a nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman, Morrill Worcester, in 1992.
