Firefighters assisted in unloading a delivery of wreaths last week for the Wreaths Across America ceremony.
Enfield Firefighters unloaded a delivery of 200 cases of wreaths on Thursday, Dec. 15 that were delivered to St. Patrick’s Cemetery as part of the annual Wreaths Across America ceremony.
The wreaths were delivered to the cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 17. During the ceremony, Wreaths Across America volunteers laid remembrance wreaths at the graves of veterans and fallen heroes, while also saying their names aloud to remember and honor the sacrifice they made.
About Wreaths Across America:
Wreaths Across America was formed as a non-profit organization in 2007. The mission of the organization is to remember, honor and teach through the laying of wreaths on veterans’ graves. In 2014 the organization and their network of volunteers laid over 700,000 memorial wreaths at 1,000 locations in the United States and beyond, including ceremonies at the Pearl Harbor Memorial, as well as Bunker Hill, Valley Forge and the sites of the Sept. 11 tragedies. The wreath-laying is held annually, on the second or third Saturday of December.