Honoring service men and women who have served and sacrificed with an annual wreath laying ceremony.
December 17th, 2022
Fort Myers Memorial Gardens
More information to come
2021 RECAP
· 2.4 million veterans’ wreaths were placed in total across the country.
· More than two million volunteers participated at 3,137 locations nationwide. More than a third of the volunteers were children.
· At Arlington National Cemetery specifically, the Wreaths Across America program saw 66 tractor trailers deliver over 250,000 veterans’ wreaths that were placed by nearly 38,000 volunteers.
· Over 525 truckloads of wreaths were delivered across the country by hundreds of volunteer professional truck drivers driving donated equipment and fuel from approximately 390 carriers.
2022 Theme: Find a Way to Serve
The inspiration for this year’s theme came from a few different places and seemed to be a recurring conversation throughout the last year. Notably, the American Rosie MovementTM which highlights the stories of the World War II-era women known as Rosie the Riveters, or simply “Rosies.” These women pulled together to do the work that needed to be done for our freedom. The movement encourages youth to get involved in their own communities to serve in small ways that can make a big impact. As part of this new theme, Wreaths Across America is revamping its educational curriculum working with like-minded organizations to develop action plans to inspire young people across the country to find a way to serve in 2022 and beyond.
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