Thousands of Graves at Arlington Cemetery May Forgo Wreaths Due to Lack of Funding

Wreaths Across America, a non-profit group that for the last 23 years has been placing wreaths on the graves of our nation’s fallen warriors without any government assistance, is thousands short of its goal of placing one commemorative garland at each of the nearly 230,000 headstones at the Arlington National Cemetery, due to a lack of funding this holiday season.

On the second or third Saturday of every December — Wreaths Across America Day — the organization coordinates wreath laying ceremonies at over 1,000 veteran cemeteries and other sacred locations across the United States and 24 locations on foreign soil in honor and remembrance of the nation’s fallen heroes.

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