wreaths across america

Old Town neighborhood column

For the first time, Joseph L. Davis American Legion Post 49 in Havre de Grace joined in Wreaths Across America, when Christmas wreaths are placed on the graves of veterans.

Military members who served, especially in harm’s way, during Christmastime know what the holiday means, a Harford County state senator who served three year-long tours in Iraq said.

Despite the rainy weather, Carroll County residents laid almost 10 times more wreaths than last year at various cemeteries participating in this year’s annual Wreaths Across America ceremony.

In December 2017, urged by veterans on the Deer Park Methodist Cemetery Board of Trustees, Board President Mel Blizzard coordinated the laying of more than 100 wreaths on the graves of veterans buried there in Smallwood.

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Last year the Deer Park Methodist Cemetery in Westminster became the first Carroll County cemetery to take part in the nationwide tradition that is Wreaths Across America Day.

Two very good things happened in Carroll County this month that I would like to bring to people’s attention.

Many volunteers participated in the Wreaths Across America ceremony and wreath laying ceremony to honor local deceased veterans held Saturday, Dec. 16.

Laurel residents gathered Dec. 16 to pay their respects to deceased veterans and to start a new Laurel tradition — Wreaths Across America, the laying of evergreen wreaths on the graves of more than 200 veterans at Ivy Hill Cemetery.

In emotional ceremony, Wreaths Across America comes to Baltimore County cemetery. It’s the first time that the national ceremony – organized by Wreaths Across America, a nonprofit organization – has extended to the 70-acre, Dulaney Valley Memorial Gardens.

In solidarity with 1,300 cemeteries across the nation, Deer Park Methodist Cemetery in Smallwood participated in the national Wreaths Across America program Saturday. They are first group in Carroll County to participate, honoring 140 veterans’ graves with donated evergreen wreaths.

Local veterans groups will place wreaths on the graves of 1,500 veterans resting in Bel Air Memorial Gardens on Saturday, Dec. 16, part of the Wreaths Across America Program.

After not finding any more local wreath laying cemeteries last year and going to Bel Air to participate, a Baltimore County man has raised the money to place 3,500 wreaths at Dulaney Memorial Gardens with help from volunteers and Wreaths Across America.

This year, the 1,300 cemeteries that will be decorated include our own Deer Park Methodist Cemetery at 2200 Sykesville Road in Smallwood, the first in Carroll County to participate in Wreaths Across America.

The Wreaths Across America program once again will have a local presence this year to honor the 1,500 veterans whose final resting place is Bel Air Memorial Gardens. 

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Lisa Wright is coordinating a team of volunteers to lay wreaths on the graves of the roughly 300 military veterans buried in Old Town's Ivy Hill Cemetery.

The spirit of Christmas and the spirit of honoring our Harford County men and women who have served their country were joined together on a chilly, icy morning in Bel Air this past Saturday, Dec. 17.

A hearty group of 60 to 70 volunteers of all ages braved the elements Saturday afternoon to place hundreds memorial wreaths on the graves of veterans in Bel Air Memorial Gardens.

More than 100 volunteers trudged through the frozen grounds of the Baltimore National Cemetery Saturday to place thousands of wreaths, one by one, on the graves of American soldiers, adding a burst of green and red color to the long lines of white headstones.

Hundreds of volunteers will place some 600 wreaths on the graves of veterans in Bel Air Memorial Gardens on Saturday, as Harford County participates in the Wreaths Across America program for the 11th year.

Every year in December at numerous United States cemeteries across the globe, volunteers with Wreaths Across America place a wreath on the graves of those who have served in our Armed Forces. This year's theme is "Say Their Name."

Harford County will have several services to honor men and women of the military for their service during Veterans Day observances this Friday, Nov. 11.

The American Legion, Department of Maryland, Harford Post No. 39 in Bel Air will conduct its Wreaths Across America Ceremony Saturday, 11 a.m., Dec. 12, 2015 at the Veterans Memorial at the corner of Hickory Avenue and Lee Street next to Bel Air Town Hall, 39 North Hickory Ave.

The Reisterstown Community Cemetery is participating in the Wreaths Across America wreath-laying program this year.

Civil Air Patrol Carroll Composite Squadron having open house from 7 to 9 p.m. May 12 at Hilltop Assembly of God church hall, 30 N. Cranberry Road, Westminster

Public Invited to OPEN HOUSE. APRIL 2015. Westminster, Md. The Civil Air Patrol Carroll Composite Squadron located in Westminster, Maryland, extends an open invitation to the public to attend an Open House May 12, 2015. The event will take place from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. at the Hilltop Assembly of God Church Hall located at 30 North Cranberry Road in Westminster. Come see firsthand our programs and experience the camaraderie of the dedicated men and women who are the Carroll Composite Squadron. The Civil Air Patrol has three primary missions: aerospace education, cadet programs and emergency services. The Carroll ...

With help from the Garden Clubs of Howard County, the elves have been busy at work getting the historic Waverly Mansion in Marriottsville ready for holiday tours.

Whether we like it or not, Christmas is right around the corner! Come out to St. Alphonsus Rodriguez Parish in Woodstock on Sunday, Nov. 16, from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. and get started with your shopping at the annual Christmas Bazaar.

The 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month is just around the corner, which means Harford County's residents will join those across the country in commemorations of Veterans Day.