Deadline nears for Wreaths Across America program
Christmas wreaths are shown by gravesites during the Wreaths Across America ceremony at Highland Memorial Park in Ocala in 2020. [Bruce Ackerman/Ocala Gazette file photo]
Wreaths Across America honors service and sacrifice by placing fresh wreaths on the gravesites of military veterans at Arlington National Cemetery and more than 5,600 locations nationwide in 700 communities.
The local ceremony of the nationwide program will begin at noon on Dec. 13 at Highland Memorial Park, 1515 N.E. 3rd St., Ocala.
The three primary sponsors of this year’s event are Highland Memorial Park, Ocala Blue Star Mothers and the Stone Creek Veterans Association.
According to Wreaths Across America spokesperson Racheal Wilson, as of Nov. 24, 1,378 wreaths have been sponsored toward a goal of 1,850 to place on the veterans gravesites at Highland Memorial Park.
Wreaths can be sponsored for $17 each at wreathsacrossamerica.org. The deadline for sponsoring a wreath in Florida is 11:59 p.m. Dec. 1.
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