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Wreaths Across America Day to lay veterans wreathes at local cemeteries, Dec. 19

SAN DIEGO – Volunteers in San Diego County have been working to ensure that the veterans buried at eight different cemetery locations will be honored on Wreathes Across America Day, Dec. 19, as they have been in years past.

Wreaths Across America staff and volunteers are working hard nationwide to ensure that all veterans laid to rest are honored this December on National Wreaths Across America Day. This year, the ceremonies that are held across the country at more than 2,400 participating locations may look a little different as we make efforts to meet and exceed Centers for Disease Control and Prevention recommended safety guidelines while also adhering to state, local and cemetery safety measures that have been implemented due to COVID-19.

Ft. Rosecrans and Miramar National Cemeteries will postpone their public ceremony until Dec. 18, 2021.

The goal is to place a live, balsam fir veteran’s wreath at the headstone of every American veteran to “remember the fallen, honor those who served and teach future generations the value of freedom.”

“Every donation and wreath sponsorship is a meaningful gift from a grateful American who knows what it means to serve and sacrifice for the freedoms we all enjoy,” Karen Worcester, executive director of Wreaths Across America, said. “We are so grateful to the good people of this great nation for participating in our mission to remember, honor and teach.”

During challenging times, take a moment to remember those who have met life’s ultimate challenges, like heroes, and show unity in the American spirit, while we work together in an effort to march forward in the face of what seems to be insurmountable odds.

Wreathes Across America helps to make sure veterans like retired Navy Capt. Kathleen Donahue Bruyere are remembered. “Captain Kathy” was a pioneer in the Navy, paving the way for females to serve aboard Naval vessels. Because of that lawsuit she and a few other female Naval officers filed and won against the Department of Defense, she earned a spot on the Jan. 5, 1976, Time magazine Women of the Year cover. Bruyere and her husband retired in San Diego where she volunteered tirelessly for many community organizations and foundations, including working as a volunteer greeter at Miramar National Cemetery.

There is a common saying amongst those who serve, “No one gets left behind.” In spite of everything people are facing today, there is nothing more unifying as a country, than honoring those who have already paid the cost of freedom so that residents can live together as one community.

National Wreaths Across America Day is a free, non-political event that is usually open to all people, but this year each individual location will be abiding by all safety guidelines and rules set forth by the participating cemetery locations.

For more information and to find a location, visit http://www.WAASanDiego.com.

Submitted by Wreaths Across America.

 

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