The club placed more than 200 wreaths on veterans’ graves in a number of cemeteries as part of the national Wreaths Across America program.
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The third annual Wreaths Across Greensboro will take place Saturday, December 12, 2015.
After the ceremony, organizers hung wreaths at the gate of every cemetery in Dodge County – all 33 of them, as people across the country do the same.
The mothers tie gold and blue ribbons to the wreaths representing the sons and daughters in line of duty.
Major Keith Sikkema, with the Civil Air Patrol, was one of those who spoke at the ceremony preceding the wreath laying.
The week-long trip stops at schools, monuments, veterans’ homes and communities and gives the group an opportunity to promote the mission: “Remember, Honor and Teach”.
Volunteers laid wreaths for thousands of war veterans Saturday, but there weren’t enough wreaths for each veteran. They need volunteers and donations to put a wreath on every grave of a fallen veteran at Forest Lawn Cemetery.
Wreaths Across America helps the organization in their efforts to promote patriotism, he said. “They’re away from their families, for baby’s births, for Christmas, for Thanksgiving, for Easter and it’s important that we remember everything that the veterans and the soldiers are doing for us”, said Ingram.
During the ceremony, VetNet employees will place remembrance wreaths at the headstones of fallen veterans.
There are 120 veterans’ graves at Union Cemetery in Ramsey and 63 veterans’ graves at Maryrest Cemetery in Mahwah.
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“It’s a very moving ceremony, once you participate in that ceremony you just really want to honor all veterans”, said Kelly Davis, who coordinates Enfield’s ceremony each year. Davis said the goal was to have 400 wreaths sponsored.
