Photos: 44,000 volunteers brave icy weather to lay wreaths for veterans

WTOP News (Washington DC) ^ | December 17, 2016 4:48 pm | Kathy Stewart | @KStewartWTOP

[fortes fortuna juvat]

There is something special about the American people. Too bad the media doesn’t focus on that instead of the weird, the deviant, the ugly.

This is a great country with great people
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You’re overlooking the fact that a great many of the movers and shakers in the news and entertainment media, and in the country’s education systems, are Marxist-inspired anti-Americans. By their words and their deeds they make that patently clear to the world every single day.

[Diana in Wisconsin]

God Bless Them!

Don’t forget our living Service Members/Veterans, too! They’ve reached capacity for Christmas, 2016 - but you can always send a New Year greeting/letter.

http://amillionthanks.org/send_a_letter.php

[RightField]

My dear mother-in-law was laid to rest in Arlington on October 25 of this year. What an awesome, dignified, and patriotic ceremony was afforded to her, the wife of the veteran. Her husband will be there with her when his time comes. He was a Navy chaplain 32+ years. I wonder if the wreaths are for spouses as well?

[PGalt]

Thanks to all who have served, all who are serving and all who will serve in the future.

America’s finest.

love

[ratzoe]

I had inquired on an earlier thread regarding this wreath-laying ceremony whether wreaths were placed on the grave sites of soldiers in the Confederate section of the cemetery. The earlier thread stated a wreath would be placed on EVERY grave site in the cemetery, thus the question.

Wreaths were to be placed on all sites except the ones displaying the Star of David. My in-laws died within 6 weeks of each other this past spring and are both there now. Despite the weather, it was a hardy, friendly crowd. Met so many that came from out of town just to participate. I didn't get into the Confederate section but am confident some did. The weather was miserable but I heard absolutely no whining, pretty amazing in itself. Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays, folks.

[nobamanomore]

Agreed. One of the markers is for my nephew. Lima Company USMC killed in Haditha

[Albion Wilde]

Thank you for this thread, and a big thank you to all the wonderful volunteers!