Wreaths Across America Day Clean-up Scheduled For Clarion And Immaculate Conception Cemeteries At Noon On Monday, January 17th (Martin Luther King Day), Contact Information For Helping At Other Area Cemeteries Included At Bottom Of Article

(By Noreen Shirey – Clarion County Wreaths Across America Coordinator)

National Wreaths Across America Day 2021 took place at 3,136 participating locations across the country, including locally at Clarion and Immaculate Conception Cemeteries on Second Avenue. Our heroes were remembered and honored.

  As we honor our veterans, we also honor the host cemeteries for allowing the mission to be fulfilled with a follow-up of wreath retirement.  Volunteers are needed. Please join us for this year’s wreath retirement as volunteers will meet at noon on Monday, January 17th, Martin Luther King Day.   If you are interested in taking wreaths for your own use (goats love them or fish and wildlife habitat) let me know.

Each of these live, balsam veteran’s wreath was a gift of respect and appreciation, donated by a private citizen or organization and placed on graves by volunteers as a small gesture of gratitude for the freedoms Americans enjoy. For centuries, fresh evergreens have been used as a symbol of honor and have served as a living tribute renewed annually.

Wreaths Across America would like to thank the dedicated volunteers for their incredible commitment to the mission throughout all of 2021. From the local volunteers, local officials, professional truck drivers and many more, each person has played an important a part in the mission to Remember the fallen, Honor those that serve and their families, and Teach the next generation the value of freedom.

(DISCLAIMER: WARNING –  COVID 19 IS AN INHERENT RISK IN ANY PUBLIC PLACE. IT IS AN EXTREMELY CONTAGIOUS DISEASE THAT CAN LEAD TO SEVERE ILLNESS AND DEATH. BY VISITING CLARION BOROUGH AND PARTICPATING IN WAA YOU VOLUNTARILY ASSUME ALL RISKS RELATED TO COVID 19 EXPOSURE.)

If you are interested in helping at any of the other cemetery locations please call me for more information.

Noreen Shirey 814-229-6317, noreen930@yahoo.com                     

About Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization’s mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as at thousands of cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond. 

(Thank you to Noreen Shirey for this article. Mark your calendars for Monday, January 17th, at noon.)