Millions of Volunteers Lay Wreaths Honoring Veterans

Volunteers pay tribute to local veterans for National Wreaths Across America Day

PALM SPRINGS, Calif. (KESQ) – In Palm Springs and Cathedral City locals gathered to lay 1,315 wreaths on the headstones of veterans for National Wreaths Across America Day. Welwood Murray Cemetery and Desert Memorial Park are official Wreaths Across America locations, each hosting a wreath-laying ceremony Saturday afternoon, joining more than 4,900 other locations across the nation. The ceremony at Welwood Murray Cemetery in Palm Springs was hos…

Santa Feans come together to honor veterans for Wreaths Across America

Although wreath donations were down, thousands still came to the annual event honoring veterans at Santa Fe National Cemetery.

Nearly 5,600 Locations Nationwide Honor Veterans with Remembrance Wreaths on National Wreaths Across America Day 2025

Columbia Falls, Maine, Dec. 13, 2025 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- Today, National Wreaths Across America Day took place at 5,598 participating locations nationwide. Millions of volunteers — a third of whom were children — remembered our nation's heroes as they said their names out loud, with the placement of over 3.1 million sponsored veterans' wreaths. At Arlington National Cemetery, over 27,000 volunteers helped place wreaths at 265,000 gravesites and …

Hundreds place wreaths at Massachusetts Veterans Cemetery on Wreaths Across America Day

Hundreds of volunteers of all ages gathered at the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Agawam to lay wreaths at the graves of over 10,800 fallen heroes in honor of National Wreaths Across America Day.

Millions of volunteers lay wreaths honoring veterans

On Saturday, more than 2 million volunteers gathered across America to lay wreaths honoring those who have served in the military. This is the 34th year of the event hosted by "Wreaths Across America." Back in 1992, Morrill Worchester donated 5,000 wreaths that were surplus from his wreath company. He sent the wreaths from Maine to Arlington National Cemetery. That gesture has turned from one cemetery to more than 5,000 locations around the Unit…

Agawam honors veterans by placing wreaths on 10,000 graves

AGAWAM — The Massachusetts Veterans’ Memorial Cemetery in Agawam joined a nationwide tradition of remembrance as part of the annual Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday.