Wreaths Across America  - 2016

Thank you for all of your support.

Saturday started with an executive decision to have the

ceremony or to postpone.

The weather was getting worse by the hour and emotions

were running high. 

This was a cumulative effort of

the community...and would they be there for the

first ceremony in Knox County??

The decision was made the night before to take the ceremony

inside to the Christian Church, a few blocks West of the cemetery.

A very wise man wrote to me " I'll do my utmost to get there if you keep the ceremony "on".  I think we have to be emotionally prepared for a very small crowd of attendees. Like you said, it is what it is."  Thank you to Lt. Col. Ret. Keith Gudehus for the encouragement and a job well done.  He made the event extraordinary.

Yes, the church was not full, however, they braved the sleet and snow to be there.

I am sorry the rest of community missed the emotional presentation

Well, maybe "I" was the only one getting emotional.

Seeing the veterans in attendance, honoring them, their service

and their sacrifices, gave that sense of patriotism and pride.

This is what the day was all about. 

This is what over 1,200 sites were doing across the US and abroad.

Some had to postpone, some had to cancel and some endured, as we did.

Thank you to everyone who braved the cold.

Thank you to everyone who placed wreaths on Novelty and

Locust Hill Cemeteries.  It was greatly appreciated.

What a wonderful sight to see people, (freezing),placing wreaths on veteran'  graves. 

They will remembered.

Please send photos to splitends4@gmail.com so we may share

them with the national organization and on our blog.

Thank you from Wende Wagner - Location Coordinator

Photos by April Franke