Monday, November 23, 2009 East Central Illinois

Wreaths Across America ceremony

Where:

Camp Butler National Cemetery, Springfield

When:

Saturday Dec 13, 2008 11:00 am

Description:

At Camp Butler on Dec. 13 at 11 a.m. where seven ceremonial wreaths will be placed to remember those who gave their lives in service for our country. Specially made wreaths for Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and POW/MIA will be placed on memorials during a ceremony on this date. Dec. 13 will mark the 17th anniversary of Maine wreaths being donated to decorate the graves at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., and the second year of a national campaign dubbed Wreaths Across America that will bring the same remembrance wreaths to over 230 National and State Veterans cemeteries and monuments across the nation. Sponsors can also donate on line at www.wreathsacrossamerica.org or www.cap.gov/visitors/donations.

For more information:

Call 753-9139, or visit http://rose.rosec.googlepages.com/WAA_PRESS_RELEASE.pdf

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