Wreath-laying event at Arlington to ‘remember, honor and teach’
Photo by J.R. Gonzales
On Saturday December 10, 90,000 wreaths were laid on headstones at the cemetery by about 15,000 volunteers. The official slogan of the organizers was “Remember, Honor and Teach,” and the wreath-bearing convoy stopped for special events in towns on the way. But for most visitors to the cemetery, it was a day of personal mourning and private reflection
Thousands of people filtered quietly among the rows of white tombstones in Arlington National Cemetery on Saturday, placing identical pine wreaths with simple red bows at the graves of sons, cousins, parents, battlefield buddies, fraternity brothers and strangers fallen in half-a-dozen wars over the past 70 years.