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Date for this year’s wreath laying program at Chattanooga National Cemetery set for next week

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Joy Ward lays a wreath on a grave at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country. Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Joy Ward lays a wreath on a grave at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.

By Kim Sebring, compiler December 3, 2019 1 min read

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Wreath Laying at National Cemetery

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Members of the Hixson High School Air Force JROTC salute during a memorial ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Bill Joe Stockwell, Sr., bows his head during a memorial ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Joe White with the Col. Benjamin Cleveland chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution listens to a memorial ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / People listen to a memorial ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Andrew Erwin stands near the grave of her husband, James Erwin, during a memorial ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / A cannon is fired during a memorial ceremony at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Jim Quinn salutes after laying a wreathe on a grave at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Ellie Appleby lays a wreathe on a grave at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Wreaths are seen on graves at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.

Staff photo by Doug Strickland / Pam Thompson lays a wreath on a grave at the Chattanooga National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 15, 2018, in Chattanooga, Tenn. Thousands of volunteers turned out to lay wreaths on graves at the cemetery which were donated by the Worcester Wreath Company through the Wreaths Across America program, which supplies wreaths to national cemeteries across the country.

You can help unload and place wreaths as part of the fourteenth annual Wreaths Across Chattanooga program next week at the Chattanooga National Cemetery, according to a news release.

The ceremony will start at noon on Saturday, December 14, after U.S. Xpress and Covenant Transport trucks deliver the wreaths at 9 a.m.

The placement of the wreaths on graves is done as a way to remember the fallen, honor those who have served and teach the value of freedom, the release states.

If you would like to volunteer for the unloading and/or placement of the wreaths, email chattanoogawaa@gmail.com.

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