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"Distinctly Commercial" Wreaths Across America to Return to Arlington National Cemetery [View all]
Perhaps the organization has changed within the last few years, but I'd like to see proof of that first.
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Wreaths Across America to Return to Arlington National Cemetery
Wreaths Across America day is set for Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021
Published December 17, 2021 • Updated on December 17, 2021 at 5:46 am
More than 150,000 holiday wreaths are set to be placed on graves at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday in a momentous tribute to servicemembers.
Wreaths Across America will bring volunteers to 3,100 cemeteries in a nationwide effort to honor fallen veterans and soldiers during the holidays.
It will be the 30th year that the organization has come to Arlington National Cemetery with the goal of placing a wreath at every headstone.
More than 157,000 wreaths have been sponsored, and Wreaths Across America is fundraising to purchase nearly 98,000 more.
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Wreaths Across America to Return to Arlington National Cemetery
Wreaths Across America day is set for Saturday, Dec. 18, 2021
Published December 17, 2021 • Updated on December 17, 2021 at 5:46 am
More than 150,000 holiday wreaths are set to be placed on graves at Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday in a momentous tribute to servicemembers.
Wreaths Across America will bring volunteers to 3,100 cemeteries in a nationwide effort to honor fallen veterans and soldiers during the holidays.
It will be the 30th year that the organization has come to Arlington National Cemetery with the goal of placing a wreath at every headstone.
More than 157,000 wreaths have been sponsored, and Wreaths Across America is fundraising to purchase nearly 98,000 more.
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Where do they get those wreaths?
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Wreaths Across America Has Family Ties to Its Supplier
The charity exclusively buys its military grave decorations from a closely linked Maine company
By Michael M. Phillips
https://twitter.com/MPhillipsWSJ
Michael.Phillips@wsj.com
Dec. 21, 2015 6:26 pm ET
Each Christmas, the charity Wreaths Across America places millions of dollars in decorations on military graves at Arlington National Cemetery and elsewhere, in what has become a national remembrance of the country’s fallen.
Tax filings, court documents and interviews, however, reveal a distinctly commercial aspect to the charity’s operations.
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Wreaths Across America Has Family Ties to Its Supplier
The charity exclusively buys its military grave decorations from a closely linked Maine company
By Michael M. Phillips
https://twitter.com/MPhillipsWSJ
Michael.Phillips@wsj.com
Dec. 21, 2015 6:26 pm ET
Each Christmas, the charity Wreaths Across America places millions of dollars in decorations on military graves at Arlington National Cemetery and elsewhere, in what has become a national remembrance of the country’s fallen.
Tax filings, court documents and interviews, however, reveal a distinctly commercial aspect to the charity’s operations.
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