Wreaths Across America honoring veterans nationwide
WASHINGTON - Several dozen veterans and military families spent Memorial Day at a unique gathering – a mobile educational exhibit representing an organization many residents of the D.C. area will be familiar with – Wreaths Across America.
The exhibit on wheels stopped today in McLean, Virginia.
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The organizers make a point to ask any military veteran who served during the Vietnam War and the surrounding years to participate in a special pinning ceremony.
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The campaign’s goal is to make sure every fallen veteran is remembered each year with a wreath at their grave site over the holidays.
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In 2019 they placed more than 2 million wreaths.