Calvary Cemetery Announced as an Official Location for the 2021 National Wreaths Across America Day
The cemetery will join the more than 2,500 participating locations across the country to Remember, Honor and Teach on Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021
Columbia Falls, MAINE, and Terre Haute, IN— November 1, 2021 — National nonprofit Wreaths Across America (WAA) announced today that Calvary Cemetery in Terre Haute, IN has once again joined in the effort to support the mission to Remember, Honor, Teach, as an official location for 2021. This is the second year that the cemetery will participate in this national event to honor our Nation’s Heroes.
Wreaths Across America started as a simple gesture of thanks that has grown into a national movement of dedicated volunteers and communities coming together to not only remember the nation’s fallen and honor their service, but to teach the next generation about the sacrifices made for us to live freely. This year, there will be more than 2,500 participating locations placing wreaths on National Wreaths Across America Day – Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021 – with more than two million volunteers coming together. Calvary Cemetery has more than 515 veterans laid to rest, our goal is to honor as many as of these local heroes as possible with a remembrance wreath this December. We want to ensure that the individuals who served to protect the freedoms of our country never be forgotten and to bring the community together in patriotic commemoration.
“We are forever grateful for the thousands of supporters who dedicate their time and effort to fulfilling our mission on a local level,” said Karen Worcester, executive director, Wreaths Across America. “These individuals and their communities know the value of remembering the fallen, honoring those who currently serve and teaching the next generation about the sacrifices made for our freedom every day, and without their continued support, Wreaths Across America would not exist.”
Larry Silver, of Calvary Cemetery echoes these statements. “We are so grateful for all of the participation last year and our ability to honor so many of our local heroes. We are hoping this year to be able to increase our participation and look forward to the day when every fallen hero In our community can be honored on this special day”.
Those interested in volunteering for Wreaths Across America, or sponsoring a wreath for Calvary Cemetery are invited to visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/INCCTH to learn more. The cut-off date to guarantee wreath delivery for 2021 is Tuesday, November 30 . A decision will be made closer to the event day whether Calvary will be hosting a community event on National Wreath Day. National Wreaths Across America Day is a free, non-political, community event open to all people.
Wreaths Across America is the non-profit organization best known for placing veterans’ wreaths on the headstones of our nation’s fallen at Arlington National Cemetery. However, the organization, in total, places more than 1.7 million sponsored wreaths at 2557 participating locations nationwide and offers other programs throughout the calendar year. These programs include The Mobile Education Exhibit and Wreaths Across America Radio, among other education programs.
You can sponsor a wreath for $15 at https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/INCCTH. Each sponsorship goes toward a fresh balsam veteran’s wreath that will be placed on the headstone of an American hero as we endeavor to honor all veterans laid to rest at Calvary Cemetery this December.
About Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The
organization’s mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as at thousands of veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.
For more information or to sponsor a wreath please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.
