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Local DAR to
Support Wreaths Across America at First Friday
Fort GreeneVille NSDAR Chapter members will be at the Greenville
Courthouse on August 3, 2018 from 6pm to 9pm to give the community the
opportunity to sponsor wreaths for Veterans at the Greenville Union
Cemetery.
If you cannot come August 3rd, go to
https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/search?searchType=group and
sponsor a wreath there. If you would like to sponsor a wreath for a
specific veteran, please contact Fort GreeneVille Daughters of the
American Revolution on Facebook, any Fort GreeneVille member or email
FtGVille@gmail.com
Local volunteers are working hard to ensure that all veterans laid to
rest at Greenville Union Cemetery are honored this December on National
Wreaths Across America Day. This year, the ceremony, held
simultaneously across the country at more than 1,200 locations, will be
on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018. The goal: to place a live, balsam fir
wreath at the headstone of every veteran buried there and spread
patriotism and commemoration for the ultimate sacrifices they made for
our country.
“Every donation and wreath sponsorship is a meaningful gift from an
appreciative supporter who knows what it means to serve and sacrifice
for the freedoms we all enjoy,” said Karen Worcester, executive
director of Wreaths Across America. “We are so grateful to the
community of Greenville for participating in our mission to Remember,
Honor and Teach.”
From now until November, volunteers will host various fundraisers to
sponsor the approximately 2200 wreaths needed to honor every veteran at
the Greenville Union Cemetery. Each wreath sponsorship costs $15, with
$5 going to the local fundraising group, Fort GreeneVille DAR, as part
of a special fundraising program developed by Wreaths Across America.
Fort GreeneVille Chapter will use monies raised to continue the wreath
program at Greenville Union Cemetery and various local Veteran projects.
National Wreaths Across America Day is a free event, open to all. For
more information, to donate or to sign up to volunteer, please visit
www.WreathsAcrossAmerica.org.
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to
continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington
National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992.
The organization’s mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in
part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at
Arlington, as well as at more than 1,200 veterans’ cemeteries and other
locations in all 50 states and beyond.
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