Wreaths Across America
2022 Fall Service Project
2022 marks our Chapter’s
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283
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ACPSAA Members
Wreath Sponsorship History
2014 = 218 wreaths
2015 = 265 wreaths
2016 = 200 wreaths
2017 = 170 wreaths
2018 = 203 wreaths
2019 = 249 wreaths
2020 = 360 wreaths
2021 = 339 wreaths
2022 = 283 wreaths
Wreath Sponsorship History
2014 = 218 wreaths
2015 = 265 wreaths
2016 = 200 wreaths
2017 = 170 wreaths
2018 = 203 wreaths
2019 = 249 wreaths
2020 = 360 wreaths
2021 = 339 wreaths
2022 = 283 wreaths
WREATH UNLOADING DAY
Thursday, December 15th
Truck arrives at 6:30 am.
Unloading starts at 7:00 am
We need help unloading the 340 boxes of wreaths. Please bring a hand cart, wagon, or something to aid in moving the boxes to their holding spot.
We might get a bit dirty, so wear comfortable, cleanable clothes!
This usually takes about an hour and a half. The more folks who attend – the faster it goes!
Thursday, December 15th
Truck arrives at 6:30 am.
Unloading starts at 7:00 am
We need help unloading the 340 boxes of wreaths. Please bring a hand cart, wagon, or something to aid in moving the boxes to their holding spot.
We might get a bit dirty, so wear comfortable, cleanable clothes!
This usually takes about an hour and a half. The more folks who attend – the faster it goes!
WREATH CEREMONY DAY
Saturday, December 17th
12:00 noon
Attend the brief honors ceremony and then help place wreaths on the 2996 graves of the interred veterans.
Help HONOR all veterans.
Total time required is about
60-90 minutes.
Saturday, December 17th
12:00 noon
Attend the brief honors ceremony and then help place wreaths on the 2996 graves of the interred veterans.
Help HONOR all veterans.
Total time required is about
60-90 minutes.
WREATH
CLEAN-UP DAY
Saturday,
January 14th, 2023
8:00am
It is helpful if you bring a pole, rake, cart or similar to gather up several wreaths at a time.
This event goes very fast…
we are usually finished
in 30-60 minutes.
CLEAN-UP DAY
Saturday,
January 14th, 2023
8:00am
It is helpful if you bring a pole, rake, cart or similar to gather up several wreaths at a time.
This event goes very fast…
we are usually finished
in 30-60 minutes.
A look back at the 2022 campaign events ...
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FACTS ABOUT THIS PROJECT
Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, the mission to Remember, Honor and Teach is carried out by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, and more than 21,00 locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea and abroad. This includes the Annapolis National Cemetery.
Nine years ago, total local wreath sponsorships could honor less than 2% of the 2,996 veteran's graves in the Annapolis National Cemetery. However, due to growing sponsorship support from ACPSAA and other local groups, over the past several years there have been wreaths funded to honor all of the interred veterans in Annapolis!
ACPSAA member donations and support have been a significant part of that reality. Vertical Divider
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Professional drivers from many trucking and logistics companies help haul veterans' wreaths to all ends of the country. Many drivers are veterans themselves and have expressed that this is one of the most important loads they deliver. Volunteer!
There is NO COST for you to attend or participate in a Wreaths Across America event. The events are open to all. There are also a number of ways for you and your family to be involved. Refer to the details elsewhere on this page to learn more about wreath sponsorships, as well as the dates and times when your participation is needed. |
Please DO NOT mail any sponsorship monies to our Chapter.
If you wish to make a wreath sponsorship or other cash donation via mail, please see the Wreaths Across America
website for directions on how to make donations via personal check payable directly to Wreaths Across America.
If you should elect to sponsor wreaths in this manner, please be sure to write “GROUP ID #MD0026”
on your check's memo line, so the sponsorship/donation can be credited to our Chapter's effort.
If you wish to make a wreath sponsorship or other cash donation via mail, please see the Wreaths Across America
website for directions on how to make donations via personal check payable directly to Wreaths Across America.
If you should elect to sponsor wreaths in this manner, please be sure to write “GROUP ID #MD0026”
on your check's memo line, so the sponsorship/donation can be credited to our Chapter's effort.