Back in Ohio I participated in the Wreaths Across America program in Sidney for about 5 years. We placed about 700 wreaths or so each year after the first one, and we involved the whole community. This year, after moving to North Carolina, I still wanted to participate but had to find out how it was going to be done.
The local American Legion which I joined planned to assist the group that was in charge of the Raleigh National Cemetery. There are 5,000 +/- Veterans' markers at this cemetery, and they had two large semis packed full of boxes of wreaths. I estimated there were about 250-260 people there to help, including a whole bunch of scouts and their leaders. This being the covid year and all, there was no ceremony (although they could have had one since the cemetery was really wide open). But, all in all, it was a great day -- sunny and cool. With approximately 5,000 graves, I didn't know how long this would take, but it was completed in about an hour once we got started placing wreaths.It's different because all of the grave markers are in straight rows and everyone there pretty much is a Veteran, so it went smoothly and quickly. It was almost like doing the placements at Arlington.
Some people dream the dream, Some people live the dream, Some people defend the dream, God bless the defenders. (Anon.)
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