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Soldiers and Airmen of the New Jersey National Guard

Soldiers and Airmen of the New Jersey National Guard

Soldiers and Airmen of the New Jersey National Guard participate in a Wreaths Across America ceremony in the Registry Room, also called the Great Hall at Ellis Island, Jersey City, N.J., Dec. 10, 2014. Each yea... More

Wreaths Across America, Arlington National Cemetery

Wreaths Across America, Arlington National Cemetery

The final resting place of Private Denzil McLaughlin, a World War I veteran, receives a holiday wreath during the annual Wreaths Across America wreath-laying ceremony. Despite icy winds, more than 1000 voluntee... More

Naval Recruiting District Support Person of the Year

Naval Recruiting District Support Person of the Year

Yeoman 1st Class Jesus Almaguer, Naval Recruiting District Support Person of the Year, participates in a wreath laying ceremony sponsored by the Houston Civil Air Patrol in conjunction with Wreaths Across Ameri... More

Wreaths are placed at the Alfred G. Horton, Jr. memorial

Wreaths are placed at the Alfred G. Horton, Jr. memorial

Wreaths are placed at the Alfred G. Horton, Jr. memorial Veterans Cemetery to honor fallen veterans as part of a Wreaths Across America ceremony. Wreaths Across America is a program to remember the fallen, hono... More

Veterans, active duty military and civilians gathered

Veterans, active duty military and civilians gathered

Veterans, active duty military and civilians gathered together at the Alfred G. Horton, Jr. memorial Veterans Cemetery to lay wreaths on the tombstones of fallen veterans as part of a Wreaths Across America Cer... More

A wreath lays on the tombstone of a veteran at Fort

A wreath lays on the tombstone of a veteran at Fort

A wreath lays on the tombstone of a veteran at Fort Jackson National Cemetery at the Wreaths Across America ceremony Dec. 11. The ceremony was held to remember our veterans who have passed, honor those who are ... More

1st Sgt. Jonathan Napier, a Yatesville, Ga., native

1st Sgt. Jonathan Napier, a Yatesville, Ga., native

1st Sgt. Jonathan Napier, a Yatesville, Ga., native and first sergeant with the 3rd Sustainment Command (Expeditionary), is greeted by Maj. Gen. Donald M. Campbell, the commanding general of the U.S. Army Recru... More

On Dec. 11, 2010, military members, civilians and volunteers

On Dec. 11, 2010, military members, civilians and volunteers

On Dec. 11, 2010, military members, civilians and volunteers gathered for a solemn tribute to honor veterans in the annual Wreaths Across America ceremony held at the Massachusetts National Cemetery on Cape Cod... More

Service members from South Carolina National Guard

Service members from South Carolina National Guard

Service members from South Carolina National Guard particpate in a wreath laying ceremony at the State House, Dec. 5, 2011 as part of the Wreaths Across American campaign.

Soldiers from the 375th Combat Sustainment Support

Soldiers from the 375th Combat Sustainment Support

Soldiers from the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion salute the U.S. colors and the Prisoner of War, Missing in Action flag after they were lowered to half-mast during a Wreaths Across America ceremony ... More

Thousands of wreaths are placed on grave sites at Arlington

Thousands of wreaths are placed on grave sites at Arlington

Thousands of wreaths are placed on grave sites at Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia. Wreaths Across America is a non-profit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath laying ceremony at... More

Service members from the 13th Military Police Company

Service members from the 13th Military Police Company

Service members from the 13th Military Police Company at Fort Leonard Wood render a three-volley salute during the Wreaths Across America ceremony. (Army photo/Melissa Buckley)

Soldiers in the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion,

Soldiers in the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion,

Soldiers in the 375th Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, salutes during a memorial ceremony to honor five fallen soldiers at Camp Leatherneck, Helmand province, Dec. 10. The 375th CSSB, a reserve army unit b... More

Boatwain's Mate 1st Class Heather Havunen, the Naval

Boatwain's Mate 1st Class Heather Havunen, the Naval

Boatwain's Mate 1st Class Heather Havunen, the Naval Weapons Station Yorktown Sailor of the Year, and her son, a Navy Junior ROTC student at Bethel High School, lay a wreath at the grave of Sgt. Maj. Edward Rat... More

A U.S. Army honor guard member carries a wreath at

A U.S. Army honor guard member carries a wreath at

A U.S. Army honor guard member carries a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknowns in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Dec. 15, 2012, during a Wreath Across America event. Thousands of volunteers helped pl... More

Wreaths Across America, Colorado Springs

Wreaths Across America, Colorado Springs

Airmen from across the U.S. Air Force Academy laid wreaths down at the Academy cemetery, Dec. 11, 2012, as part of the Wreaths Across America campaign. (U.S. Air Force photo/Staff Sgt. Kristin Hatfield)

Wreaths Across America, New London Connecticut

Wreaths Across America, New London Connecticut

U.S. Coast Guard Master Chief Petty Officer Lloyd Pierce salutes alongside members of the local Wreaths Across America group during a wreath laying ceremony on Hopley Yeaton's grave at the U.S. Coast Guard Acad... More

Wreaths Across America, New London Connecticut

Wreaths Across America, New London Connecticut

Douglas Hoyt of Ledyard, Conn., lays a wreath across the grave of Hopley Yeaton, the first commissioned U.S. Coast Guard officer, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Dec. 12, 2012. Hoyt came t... More

Wreaths Across America, New London Connecticut

Wreaths Across America, New London Connecticut

Pattie Ptak of Seymour, Conn., lays a wreath on the grave of Hopley Yeaton, the first commissioned U.S. Coast Guard officer, at the U.S. Coast Guard Academy in New London, Conn., Dec. 12, 2012. Ptak came to the... More

Wreaths across America, US Coast Guard Photo

Wreaths across America, US Coast Guard Photo

Coast Guard Petty Officer 3rd Class Nicholas Greene, a marine science technician at Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, Alaska, renders a salute after placing a wreath honoring the men and women of the Merchant Marin... More

Service members from all four Department of Defense

Service members from all four Department of Defense

Service members from all four Department of Defense branches volunteer to lay wreaths during the Wreaths Across America event at Arlington National Cemetery, Va. Dec. 15, 2012. Wreaths Across America is a nonp... More

Wreaths Across America, Arlington National Cemetery

Wreaths Across America, Arlington National Cemetery

Religious Program Specialist 3rd Class Richie Greene places a wreath on a veteran's grave in Arlington National Cemetery. Greene was among 40 sailors from the Pentagon who volunteered to distribute and lay wrea... More

Wreaths Across America, Arlington National Cemetery

Wreaths Across America, Arlington National Cemetery

Religious Program Specialist 2nd Class Eric Eder, assigned to the amphibious transport dock ship USS Arlington (LPD 24), salutes as Taps is played at the conclusion of the Wreaths Across America ceremony the Bi... More

Wreaths across America, US Coast Guard Photo

Wreaths across America, US Coast Guard Photo

Coast Guard Capt. Paul Mehler III, commander, Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, Alaska, presents a wreath honoring the men and women of the Coast Guard during the Wreaths Across America ceremony at the National Cem... More

Ester Rea, World War II reenactor, smiles at the passing

Ester Rea, World War II reenactor, smiles at the passing

Ester Rea, World War II reenactor, smiles at the passing crowd during a National Wreaths Across America Day Ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Dec. 15, 2012. Volunteers placed more than 22... More

Wreaths Across America, Arlington National Cemetery

Wreaths Across America, Arlington National Cemetery

Tech Sgt. Chad Goff, 11th Security Group, Joint Base Andrews, Md., passes out wreaths to volunteers during the Wreaths Across America event at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Dec. 15, 2012. Wreaths Across Ame... More

Wreaths across America, Arlington National Cemetery

Wreaths across America, Arlington National Cemetery

U.S. Air Force Airmen Erin O'Shea lays wreath on grave site at Arlington National Cemetary, Va., Dec. 15, 2012. (U.S. Air Force photo/ Airman 1st Class Nesha Humes)(Released)

Volunteers unload a truck full of wreaths at Arlington

Volunteers unload a truck full of wreaths at Arlington

Volunteers unload a truck full of wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Dec. 15, 2012, during a Wreaths Across America event. Thousands of volunteers helped place 110,000 wreaths at the graves... More

Headstones throughout Arlington National Cemetery,

Headstones throughout Arlington National Cemetery,

Headstones throughout Arlington National Cemetery, in Arlington, Va., were adorned with wreaths during Wreaths Across America Day, Dec. 14. Fifty Marines and sailors from Marine Corps Base Camp Lejeune traveled... More

Thousands of volunteers helped place wreaths at Arlington

Thousands of volunteers helped place wreaths at Arlington

Thousands of volunteers helped place wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery as part of the annual Wreaths Across America event. Thousands of volunteers help place wreaths on each of the 220,000 graves of fallen... More

Family members and members of Disabled American Veterans

Family members and members of Disabled American Veterans

Family members and members of Disabled American Veterans and Veterans of Foreign Wars District 15 listen to a speech given by Lt. Col. Steven F. Egan, the commander of Fort Devens in Mass., during a ceremony fo... More

The Color Guard of the San Diego Chapter of the Sons

The Color Guard of the San Diego Chapter of the Sons

The Color Guard of the San Diego Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution parades the colors at the 21st annual Wreaths Across America event held at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. Wreaths Across Americ... More

Members of the Navy JROTC from Westview High School

Members of the Navy JROTC from Westview High School

Members of the Navy JROTC from Westview High School prepare to deliver wreaths during the 21st annual Wreaths Across America event at Fort Rosecrans National Cemetery. Wreaths Across America provided 3,100 wrea... More

Wreaths placed on graves of veterans.

Wreaths placed on graves of veterans.

Wreaths placed on graves of veterans. Public domain photograph - grave, cemetery, free to use, no copyright restrictions image - Picryl description

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Simpson's gravestone

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Simpson's gravestone

U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Michael H. Simpson's gravestone is photographed just before a wreath is placed during Wreaths Across America in Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Va., Dec. 14, 2013. Simpson died in L... More

Volunteers laid holiday wreaths on the grave sites

Volunteers laid holiday wreaths on the grave sites

Volunteers laid holiday wreaths on the grave sites of service members during the “Wreaths Across America” program at the Hampton National Veteran Cemetery in Hampton, Va., Dec. 14, 2013. Military personnel and ... More

Social media gives Wreaths Across America a whole new meaning

Social media gives Wreaths Across America a whole new meaning

Lilly Pishvaian of Herndon, Va., holds a sign outlining Wreaths Across America's mission as the truck caravan rolled past the gates of Arlington National Cemetery Dec. 14. Pishvaian was one of thousands who vol... More

Rear Adm. Mike White, commander of Naval Education

Rear Adm. Mike White, commander of Naval Education

Rear Adm. Mike White, commander of Naval Education and Training Command, lays a wreath at Barrancas National Cemetery in honor of Wreaths Across America, an event held annually to remember, pay tribute and hon... More

A volunteer prepares to lay a wreath for the Wreaths

A volunteer prepares to lay a wreath for the Wreaths

A volunteer prepares to lay a wreath for the Wreaths Across America Ceremony at Georgia National Cemetery in Canton, Ga., Dec. 13, 2014. Thousands showed up to GNC to honor America’s heroes. (U.S. Air Force pho... More

Team Dover joins forces with Wreaths Across America

Team Dover joins forces with Wreaths Across America

Staff Sgt. Nikoletta Kanakis, a Massachusetts Air National Guard broadcaster deployed to Air Force Mortuary Affairs Operations at Dover Air Force Base, Del., captures video footage during a wreath laying event ... More

Loved ones prepare to lay wreaths on graves at a Wreaths

Loved ones prepare to lay wreaths on graves at a Wreaths

Loved ones prepare to lay wreaths on graves at a Wreaths Across America event at the Fort Jackson National Cemetery, Columbia, S.C., Dec. 13, 2014. Loved ones who wished to honor the grave of a family member or... More

1st Corps Command Honor Guard marches onto the cemetery

1st Corps Command Honor Guard marches onto the cemetery

1st Corps Command Honor Guard marches onto the cemetery for the Evergreen Washelli Memorial Parks 5th annual wreath laying ceremony in conjunction with Wreaths Across America. Servicemembers, Veterans, Family M... More

Trucks carrying wreaths drive toward Arlington National

Trucks carrying wreaths drive toward Arlington National

Trucks carrying wreaths drive toward Arlington National Cemetery with people waiting for their arrival Dec. 13, 2014, on memorial Drive. Wreaths Across America provides the holiday wreaths and this year was the... More

Members of the U.S. armed forces, the Civil Air Patrol

Members of the U.S. armed forces, the Civil Air Patrol

Members of the U.S. armed forces, the Civil Air Patrol and American Gold Star Mothers salute during the playing of the national anthem at a Wreaths Across America ceremony at the Tahoma National Cemetery in Ken... More

Wreaths Across America - A man and a woman kneeling next to a grave

Wreaths Across America - A man and a woman kneeling next to a grave

Marty Gustafson, a retired Air Force veteran and member of the Patriot Guard Riders, and Airman 1st Class Kayleigh Fountain, a Little Rock Air Force Base 19th Force Support Squadron re-enlistment extension tech... More

The Little Rock Air Force Base Honor Guard presents

The Little Rock Air Force Base Honor Guard presents

The Little Rock Air Force Base Honor Guard presents the colors to begin the Wreaths Across America ceremony Dec. 13, 2014, at the Arkansas State Veterans Cemetery in Little Rock, Ark. Wreaths Across America is ... More

Sixty-six trucks carrying 230,000 "Wreaths of Remembrance"

Sixty-six trucks carrying 230,000 "Wreaths of Remembrance"

Sixty-six trucks carrying 230,000 "Wreaths of Remembrance" arrived at Arlington National Cemetery for Wreaths Across America Day, Dec. 13, 2014. The 40,000 volunteers gathered to lay the wreaths at grave sites ... More

National Wreaths Across America Day at Arlington National Cemetery

National Wreaths Across America Day at Arlington National Cemetery

More than 40,000 volunteers gathered at Arlington National Cemetery Dec. 13, 2014, on National Wreaths Across America Day to lay remembrance wreaths throughout the cemetery honoring our nation's heroes.

Air Force Col. Brian Bruckbauer, commander of Joint

Air Force Col. Brian Bruckbauer, commander of Joint

Air Force Col. Brian Bruckbauer, commander of Joint Base Elmendorf-Richardson and 673d Air Base Wing places a wreath at Fort Richardson National Cemetery Dec. 13 during the local observance of “Wreaths Across A... More

Volunteers for Wreaths Across America line up at a

Volunteers for Wreaths Across America line up at a

Volunteers for Wreaths Across America line up at a truck to receive wreaths to place at headstones, Dec. 13, at Arlington National Cemetery. The mission of Wreaths Across America is to remember fallen heroes, h... More

Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery

Wreaths Across America at Arlington National Cemetery

During National Wreaths Across America Day, 230,000 remembrance wreaths were laid at Arlington National Cemetery. This image was taken near the Memorial Amphitheater.

Assistant Chief Anthony Hopper, Arlington National Cemetery
Building 59 on the Fort Myer side of Joint Base

Building 59 on the Fort Myer side of Joint Base

Building 59 on the Fort Myer side of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall is blanketed in a layer of snow Jan. 6, 2015. The storm, which dropped 3 to 4 inches of snow in the Washington metro area, was the first major... More

Hero Tags, Arlington National Cemetery

Hero Tags, Arlington National Cemetery

Arlington National Cemetery is the final resting place for more than 400,000 American heroes. Patty Slingerland Stubenhofer and family made and placed 2,000 'Hero' tags, made out of bottle caps, in Section 60 w... More

Pictured here, a new temporary fire station was constructed

Pictured here, a new temporary fire station was constructed

Pictured here, a new temporary fire station was constructed at the Fort McNair portion of Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall in September 2015, adding new fire response capabilities to that portion of the joint bas... More

10 things to know around the DoD for 2016

10 things to know around the DoD for 2016

Patrons shop at the Joint Base Myer-Henderson Hall Commissary on the Fort Myer portion of the joint base Nov. 5, 2015. The store will get a facelift and a number of equipment upgrades during 2016. Upgrades incl... More

Service members, veterans and community supports gathered

Service members, veterans and community supports gathered

Service members, veterans and community supports gathered to lay more than 500 wreaths on the tombs of veterans during the Wreaths Across America ceremony at the New Bern National Cemetary in New Bern, N.C., De... More

U.S. Navy Capt. Anne Lear, commanding officer of Naval

U.S. Navy Capt. Anne Lear, commanding officer of Naval

U.S. Navy Capt. Anne Lear, commanding officer of Naval Hospital Beaufort and Capt. Ron Martel, executive officer of Naval Hospital Beaufort render honors after presenting the wreath dedicated to U.S. Navy perso... More

Ten-year-old Bailey Butler gazes at the wreaths laid

Ten-year-old Bailey Butler gazes at the wreaths laid

Ten-year-old Bailey Butler gazes at the wreaths laid at each grave site Dec. 12 at Arlington National Cemetery during Wreaths Across America. The over 248,000 wreaths will be collected Jan. 23 by more volunteer... More

For the first time, the 364th ESC coordinated and conducted

For the first time, the 364th ESC coordinated and conducted

For the first time, the 364th ESC coordinated and conducted a Wreaths Across America ceremony in Marysville, Wash. The unit’s public affairs officer and survivor outreach services specialist began coordinating ... More

Past and present service members, representing each

Past and present service members, representing each

Past and present service members, representing each branch of the military, salute during the Wreaths Across America at the Belvedere Cemetery in San Angelo, Texas, Dec. 12, 2015. The salute was to honor deceas... More

151212-N-JY507-036 Bremerton, Wash. (Dec. 12, 2015)

151212-N-JY507-036 Bremerton, Wash. (Dec. 12, 2015)

151212-N-JY507-036 Bremerton, Wash. (Dec. 12, 2015) – Military members and civilians lay wreaths on graves of veterans during the Wreaths Across America wreath-laying ceremony at Ivy Green Cemetery in Bremerton... More

A Civil Air patrolman lays a wreath across a veteran's

A Civil Air patrolman lays a wreath across a veteran's

A Civil Air patrolman lays a wreath across a veteran's grave during the Wreaths Across America ceremony at Mount Hope Cemetery, Lynn Haven, Fla., Dec. 12. This event was made possible by thousands of volunteers... More

Attendees wait next to and on top of the Women in Military

Attendees wait next to and on top of the Women in Military

Attendees wait next to and on top of the Women in Military Service for America Memorial, just outside of Arlington National Cemetery, for the procession of trucks from Wreaths Across America to enter the cemete... More

Joshua Walter and Zachary Mumma, cadet captains in

Joshua Walter and Zachary Mumma, cadet captains in

Joshua Walter and Zachary Mumma, cadet captains in the Chcori JROTC Battalion Spotsylvania Career and Technical Center, participated in the annual Wreaths Across America Dec. 12 at Quantico National Cemetery in... More

Motorcyclists with the Patriot Guard Riders proceed

Motorcyclists with the Patriot Guard Riders proceed

Motorcyclists with the Patriot Guard Riders proceed through the gate of Fort Bliss National Cemetery at Fort Bliss, Texas, Dec. 12, 2015. The Patriot Guard Riders escort the Wreaths Across America truck each ye... More

Displays at the annual Wreaths Across America event

Displays at the annual Wreaths Across America event

Displays at the annual Wreaths Across America event honor fallen heroes, prisoners of war and missing in action, Dec. 12, 2015, at the Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Princeton, N.C. The event honored fallen ser... More

HAMPTON, Va. (Dec. 12, 2015) – Sailors lay wreaths

HAMPTON, Va. (Dec. 12, 2015) – Sailors lay wreaths

HAMPTON, Va. (Dec. 12, 2015) – Sailors lay wreaths to pay respects during a Wreaths Across America ceremony at the Hampton National Cemetery, Dec. 12. The wreath-laying ceremony was part of a nationwide event t... More

Emily Johnson sheds tears in front of the headstone

Emily Johnson sheds tears in front of the headstone

Emily Johnson sheds tears in front of the headstone for her older brother, Army 1st Lt. David Andrew Johnson, who was killed by an improvised explosive device in 2012. Johnson and other family members of fallen... More

Wreaths rest on headstones in Arlington National Cemetery

Wreaths rest on headstones in Arlington National Cemetery

Wreaths rest on headstones in Arlington National Cemetery following the Wreath Across America event, Dec. 17, 2016, in Arlington, Va. This year marks the 25th year that wreaths have been placed at ANC. (U.S. Ar... More

Marine Corps Major Carl Tucker touches the grave of

Marine Corps Major Carl Tucker touches the grave of

Marine Corps Major Carl Tucker touches the grave of Navy veteran and Dept. of Defense employee Robert Henry Bruette after placing a wreath at his headstone during the annual Wreaths Across America event at Arli... More

David Nabholz, Sumter Composite Squadron Civil Air

David Nabholz, Sumter Composite Squadron Civil Air

David Nabholz, Sumter Composite Squadron Civil Air Patrol cadet commander, salutes the final wreath set on a stand at Sumter Cemetery in Sumter, S.C., Dec. 17, 2016. Seven wreaths were placed on stands, one for... More

161217-N-EC099-035 BREMERTON, Wash. (Dec. 17, 2016)

161217-N-EC099-035 BREMERTON, Wash. (Dec. 17, 2016)

161217-N-EC099-035 BREMERTON, Wash. (Dec. 17, 2016) Naval Base Kitsap Honor Guard parade the colors in front of the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Ivy Green Cemetery in Bremerton during the Wreaths Across Ameri... More

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell, Senior

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell, Senior

U.S. Army Command Sgt. Maj. John Wayne Troxell, Senior Enlisted Advisor to the Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, and his wife, Sandra, participate in National Wreaths Across America Day at Arlington Nation... More

Members of the Virginia Patriot Guard hold the American

Members of the Virginia Patriot Guard hold the American

Members of the Virginia Patriot Guard hold the American Flag during a National Wreaths Across America Remembrance ceremony at Hampton National Cemetery in Hampton, Va., Dec. 17, 2016. For the past 12 years, Ham... More

Service members participate in a wreath laying ceremony

Service members participate in a wreath laying ceremony

Service members participate in a wreath laying ceremony during the annual Wreaths Across America event at Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego, Calif., Dec. 17. Through Wreaths Across America, more than 1.2 mi... More

Honoring past Veterans, the Fort Hunter Liggett Garrison

Honoring past Veterans, the Fort Hunter Liggett Garrison

Honoring past Veterans, the Fort Hunter Liggett Garrison Commander, Col. Jan C. Norris and Chaplain, Maj. Vaughn Benner, assist Boy Scouts, Dylan Wheeler and Austin Short from Troop 101, from King City, Calif.,... More

Cadets from the T.C. Roberson High School, U.S. Air

Cadets from the T.C. Roberson High School, U.S. Air

Cadets from the T.C. Roberson High School, U.S. Air Force Junior ROTC program move to place a wreath on the gravesight of a fallen servicemember during the Wreaths Across America event at the Western Carolina S... More

Sgt. Maj. Ronald Woods, Casualty Assistance Officer

Sgt. Maj. Ronald Woods, Casualty Assistance Officer

Sgt. Maj. Ronald Woods, Casualty Assistance Officer NCOIC for Arkansas, walks with Mr. Tom Brewer, a member of the Patriot Guard Riders, to lay a wreath at the foot of the Army memorial during the "Wreaths Acro... More

A Cadet from the T.C. Roberson High School, U.S. Air

A Cadet from the T.C. Roberson High School, U.S. Air

A Cadet from the T.C. Roberson High School, U.S. Air Force Junior ROTC receives the name of a service member buried at the Western Carolina State Veterans Cemetery in Black Mountain, N.C. Dec. 17, 2016. Volunte... More

Pfc. Christopher Longoria, a Soldier assigned to XVIII

Pfc. Christopher Longoria, a Soldier assigned to XVIII

Pfc. Christopher Longoria, a Soldier assigned to XVIII Airborne Corps’ Headquarters and Headquarters Battalion, loads boxes of holiday wreaths onto the back of a military cargo truck, near Spring Lake, N.C. Dec... More

Capt. Paul Albertson, commander, Coast Guard Sector

Capt. Paul Albertson, commander, Coast Guard Sector

Capt. Paul Albertson, commander, Coast Guard Sector Anchorage, salutes to pay respect to fallen military members during the Wreaths Across America ceremony at the Fort Richardson National Cemetery on Joint Base... More

Senior Airman Ethan Salgado, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron

Senior Airman Ethan Salgado, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron

Senior Airman Ethan Salgado, 4th Civil Engineer Squadron fire fighter, holds an American flag during a Wreaths Across America ceremony, Dec. 17, 2016, at Evergreen Memorial Cemetery in Princeton, North Carolina... More

Snow falls in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery,

Snow falls in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery,

Snow falls in Section 60 of Arlington National Cemetery, Jan. 7, 2017, in Arlington, Va. This was the first significant snowfall of the season. (U.S. Army photo by Rachel Larue/Arlington National Cemetery/released)

Volunteers gather at McClellan Gate in Arlington National

Volunteers gather at McClellan Gate in Arlington National

Volunteers gather at McClellan Gate in Arlington National Cemetery for the opening of Wreaths Across America’s Wreath Retirement Day, Jan. 28, 2017, in Arlington, Va. In mid-December, volunteers with WAA placed... More

Everyone should remember to fight narrative of hate

Everyone should remember to fight narrative of hate

David Ruderman is a public affairs technician for the U.S. Army Human Resources Command. His commentary entitled Everyone Should Remember to Fight Narrative of Hate appeared in the April 20, 2017 edition of the... More

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. K. Todd Royar, acting senior commander

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. K. Todd Royar, acting senior commander

U.S. Army Brig. Gen. K. Todd Royar, acting senior commander of the 101st Airborne Division (Air Assault) and Fort Campbell, Kentucky, speaks to volunteers, Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, after they placed 101 wreaths... More

Motorcyclists participate in one of two police escorts

Motorcyclists participate in one of two police escorts

Motorcyclists participate in one of two police escorts for trucks carrying thousands of wreaths for the Wreaths Across America Wreath Laying and Remembrance Ceremony at the Florida National Cemetery in Bushnell... More

171216-N-DC046-001
PENSACOLA, Fla. (Dec. 16, 2017)

171216-N-DC046-001 PENSACOLA, Fla. (Dec. 16, 2017)

171216-N-DC046-001 PENSACOLA, Fla. (Dec. 16, 2017) Rear Adm. Kyle Cozad, commander of Naval Education and Training Command, lays a wreath at a gravesite during a Wreaths Across America event at Barrancas Nation... More

171216-N-VH385-0016
BREMERTON, Wash.  (Dec. 16, 2017)

171216-N-VH385-0016 BREMERTON, Wash. (Dec. 16, 2017)

171216-N-VH385-0016 BREMERTON, Wash. (Dec. 16, 2017) Naval Base Kitsap's Color Guard present the colors during Ivy Green Cemetary's 6th annual celebration of Wreaths Across America. Wreaths Across America annu... More

PORTLAND, Ore. (Dec 16, 2017) – Reenacting Soldiers

PORTLAND, Ore. (Dec 16, 2017) – Reenacting Soldiers

PORTLAND, Ore. (Dec 16, 2017) – Reenacting Soldiers fire a gun salute at the conclusion of taps during a Wreaths Across America ceremony at Willamette National Cemetery, Dec. 16. Wreaths Across America is a pro... More

U.S. Army retired Chief Warrant Officer Shawn Hamner,

U.S. Army retired Chief Warrant Officer Shawn Hamner,

U.S. Army retired Chief Warrant Officer Shawn Hamner, Biloxi National Cemetery director, delivers comments during the Wreaths Across America ceremony at the Biloxi National Cemetery Dec. 16, 2017, in Biloxi, Mi... More

Sunrise across Section 55 the morning of the Wreaths

Sunrise across Section 55 the morning of the Wreaths

Sunrise across Section 55 the morning of the Wreaths Across America event at Arlington National Cemetery, Arlington, Virginia, Dec. 16, 2017. On this day, thousands of volunteers place wreaths at every gravesit... More

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jasmine French, assigned

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jasmine French, assigned

U.S. Air Force Senior Airman Jasmine French, assigned to the 11th Medical Support Squadron, distribute thousands of wreaths to volunteers to lay on graves sites during National Wreaths Across America Day at Arl... More

171216-N-RT036-001 HAMPTON, Va. (Dec. 16, 2017) Holiday

171216-N-RT036-001 HAMPTON, Va. (Dec. 16, 2017) Holiday

171216-N-RT036-001 HAMPTON, Va. (Dec. 16, 2017) Holiday wreaths lay on headstones at Hampton National Cemetery. Sailors aboard the Nimitz-class aircraft carrier USS George Washington (CVN 73), veterans, and civ... More

Volunteers from Girl Scout's Troop 283 wait to place

Volunteers from Girl Scout's Troop 283 wait to place

Volunteers from Girl Scout's Troop 283 wait to place wreaths during a Wreaths Across America ceremony at the Altus Cemetery, Okla., Dec. 16, 2017. On National Wreaths Across America Day each December, volunteer... More

National Wreaths Across America Day

National Wreaths Across America Day

The U.S. Army Old Guard honors the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier with a wreath laying ceremony during National Wreaths Across America Day at Arlington National Cemetery, Va., Dec. 16, 2017. National Wreaths Acros... More

Sgt. Maj. James Porterfield, sergeant major of 3rd

Sgt. Maj. James Porterfield, sergeant major of 3rd

Sgt. Maj. James Porterfield, sergeant major of 3rd Marine Aircraft Wing, speaks at the Wreaths Across America event at Miramar National Cemetery, San Diego, Dec. 16. Wreaths Across America is a national organiz... More

Soldiers with U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade

Soldiers with U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade

Soldiers with U.S. Army Alaska’s 4th Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), 25th Infantry Division post the colors as part of a joint color guard Dec. 16 at a Wreaths Across America ceremony at Fort Richardso... More

LOS GATOS, Calif. — Hundreds of wreaths lay in piles

LOS GATOS, Calif. — Hundreds of wreaths lay in piles

LOS GATOS, Calif. — Hundreds of wreaths lay in piles around Los Gatos Memorial Park as they await their eventual placement upon the graves of fallen service members for the Wreaths Across America ceremony, Dec.... More

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