Wreaths Across America Ceremony at the Marco Island Cemetery

On December 17, 2022 at 12:00 PM, Wreaths Across America will be at Marco Island Cemetery to Remember and Honor our veterans through the laying of Remembrance wreaths on the graves of our country's fallen heroes and the act of saying the name of each and every veteran aloud. The National Society Daughters of the American Revolution is an official sponsor of Wreaths Across America nationwide. This will be the fourth year the Marco DAR chapter and Marco’s American Legion join to perform a ceremony honoring America’s veterans and to supervise the laying of wreaths at each grave of an American military member.

A family member or a volunteer will take a wreath to the grave of a veteran and will say the name of the veteran as the wreath is placed. The purpose of Wreaths Across America is to REMEMBER the Fallen, to HONOR those who Serve and to TEACH our children the value of Freedom.

Approximately 160 military veterans are buried at Marco Island Cemetery, going back to the Civil War.

Friends and family of deceased veterans and the public are welcome to observe the ceremony and to participate in the wreath laying.

To sponsor wreaths or to donate to the cause, visit https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/159720/Overview/?relatedId=0 or search: Marco Island DAR Chapter 3093FL (FL0663).