Saturday marked Wreaths Across America Day, where volunteers laid wreaths at the tombstones of the men and women who fought for our country.
That work was done at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery, where more than 50,000 wreaths were laid in honor of those who lost their lives.There are thousands of names etched in markers at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery. Each one has a story.
For some families, their loved one’s passing is fresh and visibly painful, but in a showing of gratitude, everyone buried at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery was recognized with a wreath from Wreaths Across America on Saturday. Wreaths Across America: 50,000 wreaths to be placed on graves at Dallas-Fort Worth National Cemetery"Lance Corporal Lewis Qualls.
"So this is happening [Saturday] at Arlington Cemetery, for example, other national cemeteries here in Texas, and all across the United States," Wittrock explained. "Remembering those who served, and those who gave the ultimate sacrifice, how to honor those that are served and that are still serving, and to teach our children, our grandchildren, and the next generation the price for freedom and the sacrifices that have been made by those men and women in the armed forces.
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