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Fort Leonard Wood community and service members placed more than 1,300 wreaths Saturday during a Wreaths Across America ceremony at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery – Fort Leonard Wood.
The Missouri Veterans Commission hosted Wreaths Across America, a holiday wreath-laying event, to honor and remember the nation’s veterans, at each of the six Missouri Veterans cemeteries, including one at nearby Fort Leonard Wood.
The ceremony at the fort was at 25350 Highway H at Waynesville.
The Missouri Veterans Commission has partnered with Wreaths Across America since 2009.
Wreaths Across America started in 1992 when the Worcester Wreath Company began donating wreaths to be placed at the headstones in Arlington National Cemetery. Building on that tradition, in 2006, the company began donating seven ceremonial wreaths to each state and national Veterans cemetery in the country. Today, many individuals and organizations hold campaigns to purchase additional wreaths to be placed at headstones in these cemeteries. To learn more about Wreaths Across America, visit wreathsacrossamerica.org/.
