Christmas Wreaths Across America

Saturday, 15 December 2007

Looks like there are 3 Memorial Days in the country:

(1) Memorial Day (last Monday of May) is a US federal holiday, commemorates U.S. men and women who have died in military service to their country

(2) National POW/MIA Recognition Day (3rd Friday of September) honors U.S. men and women who have returned and those still missing and unaccounted for from the nation's wars.

(3) Wreaths Across America (December) (a) remembers the fallen (b) honors those who served (c) teaches our children the value of freedom.

In 1992, Merrill and Karen Worcester (who now owns the Worcester Wreath Company) began a tradition of donating and placing wreaths on the headstones of the Nation's fallen heroes at Arlington National Cemetery, Virginia..

This year will mark the 16th season of the wreaths being donated to remember our fallen Heroes during the Christmas season.

The ceremony started at 9 am at the Yuma Armed Forces park.


There were six wreaths, "one for each branch of the military (Army, Navy, Air Force, Marine, Coast Guard) with the sixth wreath to remember those still missing in action".


A young marine corp veteran played the bugle

Mike, a veteran himself, in his civil air patrol shirt and kilt, played the "Amazing Grace" on his bagpipes. It was the best I have heard him played so far. It was perfect and I felt like crying.