Fri, Nov 21, 2008
CAP Will Lead Nearly Half Of All Observances Next Month
In what is now very much a holiday
tradition, the Civil Air Patrol is partnering with Wreaths Across
America, a nonprofit organization with a mission to remember, honor
and teach about the service and sacrifices of our nation's
veterans.
Veteran memorials and gravesites across the nation will be
adorned with remembrance wreaths on December 13 in solemn tributes
to the courage and sacrifice of those who have guarded and
preserved our nation’s freedom throughout history. CAP units
will lead almost half of roughly 350 observances this year and will
participate with other color and honor guards in many additional
locations. CAP cadets and officers will lay wreaths at Arlington
National Cemetery that morning as well.
Members of the public have sponsored placement of more than
100,000 wreaths on veterans’ graves across the US, an
increase of nearly 70,000 wreaths from 2007. These wreaths will be
placed in ceremonies at cemeteries in all 50 states.
Worcester Wreath Co. donated more than 17,000 wreaths for the
remembrances, 10,000 of which will be placed at Arlington National
Cemetery.
Wreaths Across America began in 2006 as an offshoot of the
Arlington National Cemetery wreath project, which was started in
1992 with the annual placement of wreaths donated by Worcester
Wreath Co. Wreaths Across America ceremonies were conducted largely
by CAP wings and squadrons with the help of veterans’
organizations; private citizens; the Maine State Society of
Washington, DC, which annually assists with the laying of wreaths
at Arlington; and the Patriot Guard Riders.
In its first year, Wreaths Across America wreath-laying
ceremonies were held at more than 240 national and state
veterans’ cemeteries across the country and in Puerto
Rico.
Tobin Slaven, Wreaths Across America spokesperson, applauded the
relationship between Worcester Wreath and CAP. "It really has been
phenomenal. Civil Air Patrol has been a driving force behind
Wreaths Across America’s growth over the last several years,"
Slaven said.
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