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Thousands upon thousands of veterans’ headstones across the United States will have wreaths placed on them on December 14 to honor them and to keep their sacrifices fresh in the minds of all who see.
“These are people — these aren’t just row after row of stones,” she added. “And we literally did that up until 2005, so that’s a good stretch. A Pentagon photographer actually took a picture and put it on their website and it went viral. And by January of 2006, we were just inundated. So in 2006, we donated the wreaths, but the amount of attention was crazy.”
“ literally was founded on the suggestion of veterans, Gold Star families, people who were telling us, ‘Please, we need to do this,'” she said. “…This year, we have 4,908 locations all over the country. We even do some overseas… We are looking for about 4 million people to come out and place wreathes on Dec. 14. It’s unbelievable.”” on Saturday, Dec. 7 , and will travel down the east coast before arriving at Arlington National Cemetery on Dec. 14 for National Wreaths Across America Day.
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