December 15, 2012 the national Wreaths Across America event to honor veterans at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens along with Arlington National Cemetery and over 400 participating locations nationwide. Beginning on Sunday, December 09, 2012 over 200,000 donated Christmas Wreaths from the State of Main will being their journey to over 400 state, national and private cemeteries all across the Country as p
art of the annual Wreaths Across America project. Escorted by Patriot guard Riders and other support groups, the wreaths will make their 21st annual trek to Arlington National Cemetery, where they will make their eventual home adorning the graves of our veterans-a solemn tribute to those who serve and those who made the ultimate sacrifice. On December 10, 2012 at noon there will be a wreath laying ceremony held on the steps of the Texas State Capital along with all of the 50 states. The Wreaths Across America story began over 20 years ago when the Worcester Wreath Company from Harrington, Maine initiated a tradition of donating and placing wreaths on the headstones of our Nation’s fallen heroes at Arlington National Cemetery. Worcester Wreath Company continues to be a major supporter of the project donating over 25,000 total wreaths each year. Over 100,000 wreaths will be sponsored by individuals, businesses and groups from communities Nation-wide. Wreaths will be placed in all 50 states, at several locations in Iraq, and at 24 national cemeteries on foreign soil. Oak Grove Memorial Gardens began working with the Wreaths Across America project in 2010 with over 300 wreaths donated and placed on the graves of veterans buried throughout the cemetery. This year the ceremony will be held simultaneously with all of the cemeteries at 11:00am, after the ceremony the wreaths will be placed on the graves of the designated veterans graves and through out the cemetery. Oak Grove Memorial Gardens does allow the wreaths to be designated and placed on certain individual veteran’s graves if a sponsor so wishes. The remaining wreaths will then be placed on veteran’s graves in certain areas of the cemetery. For people who wish to contribute to the project, wreath sponsorships are available at the offices of Oak Grove Memorial Gardens, Brown’s Memorial Funeral Home, Calvary Funeral Home, Chism & Smith Funeral Home, Donnelly’s Colonial Funeral Home, Aria Funeral Home, Restland Coppell Funeral Home and Mt. Carmel Funeral Home or may be purchased online at www.wreathsacrossamerica.org. For more information about the Wreaths Across America event at Oak Grove Memorial Gardens please contact:
Ron Alexander
Oak Grove Memorial Gardens
1413 East Irving Boulevard, Irving, Texas 75060
