Orion Sanders recently spoke on the topic of Wreaths Across America Day. Sanders invited the public to attend an event celebrating Christmas and honoring those who served the military and are buried here, On December 14, at 9:00am, at Kern River Valley Cemetery District at 8441 Burlando Rd, in Wofford Heights.
Please come place wreaths at the headstones of our heroes. Even before Sanders became District Manager, for the cemetery district, he founded Sarge’s Wreaths 4 Vets for the purpose of raising money to hold such events honoring the veterans at the local cemetery. Sanders said, “ I just wanted to remind everybody that December 14th we have National Wreaths Across America Day.”
Sarge’s Wreaths 4 Vets attempts annually to reach the goal of attaining the close to 900 wreaths he needs to cover all the gravestones of veterans buried at Kern River Valley Cemetery. Sanders said that there are 885 veterans, buried in the cemetery, if you include the six veterans buried at Cottage Grove Cemetery
“If you want to, come out and help us place out wreaths,” Sanders said. “National Wreaths Across America day is a celebration to remember and honor our veterans in our cemeteries. There are over 4200 locations around the world that participate in National Wreaths Across America day.”
Sarge’s Wreaths 4 Vets raises money and then purchases the wreaths. The wreaths are transported the day before the National Wreaths Across America Day. Sanders said, “We have a very short ceremony at the cemetery. And then we place wreaths on all of our veteran headstones.”
Sarge’s works very hard to assure that every headstone gets a wreath. “Sarge’s is just a way for us to remember our local heroes that are buried here. National Wreaths Across America Day is done in every veteran cemetery across the nation, and every participating public cemetery, which is what we are,” he said.
Public invited to honor buried heroes at Christmas
