Volunteers to honor veterans with Wreaths Across America

December 8, 2024
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Houston Mitchell places a wreath on a veteran's grave in Mansfield Cemetery in December 2023.

 Family and friends are invited to a ceremony marking Wreaths Across America at 11 a.m. Dec. 14 at the Mansfield Cemetery on Cemetery Road.

After the ceremony, wreaths will be laid on the graves of veterans in the Mansfield Cemetery and Mansfield Community Cemetery. Volunteers are welcome to attend and participate.

Since 2007, Wreaths Across America, a 501c3 nonprofit group, has worked to place a wreath on the grave of as many veterans as possible during the holidays. This year, more than 2 million volunteers will place wreaths in 4,600 locations in all 50 states and abroad.

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