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Wreaths Across America event to honor veterans set for this Saturday in Redmond

Published 3:59 pm Monday, December 7, 2015

Navy veteran Paul Stolarczuk of Redmond (right) with a Civil Air Patrol cadet laying a remembrance wreath in memory of those who served and are serving in the United States Navy at last year’s Wreaths Across America event at Cedar Lawns Memorial Park and Cemetery in Redmond. Stolarczuk was a lieutenant commander and served on the USS Nimitz when it was based out of Bremerton in the early 1990s.
Navy veteran Paul Stolarczuk of Redmond (right) with a Civil Air Patrol cadet laying a remembrance wreath in memory of those who served and are serving in the United States Navy at last year’s Wreaths Across America event at Cedar Lawns Memorial Park and Cemetery in Redmond. Stolarczuk was a lieutenant commander and served on the USS Nimitz when it was based out of Bremerton in the early 1990s.

The David Douglas Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) of Redmond will conduct a Wreaths Across America ceremony at 9 a.m. this Saturday at the Cedar Lawns Memorial Park and Cemetery, 7200 180th Ave. N.E., Redmond.

David Douglas DAR Regent Jacqueline Riddell will lead the National Remembrance Ceremony, and local veterans groups and other patriotic organizations are invited to attend. Civil Air Patrol cadets will lead the flag ceremony.

Seven ceremonial wreaths will be placed to remember those who served. Specially designated wreaths for the Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marine and POW/MIA will be placed on memorials during a ceremony that will be coordinated simultaneously at more than 1,000 participating locations all across the country.

It is projected that around a million wreaths will be placed nationwide by more than 600,000 volunteers as part of the Wreaths Across America mission to remember, honor and teach.

Wreaths Across America is a national nonprofit organization founded in 2007 to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992

For more information, visit www.WreathsAcrossAmerica.org.

 

 

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