Evansville Civil Air Patrol’s RiverCity Cadet Squadron is partnering with Wreaths Across America to hold National Remembrance Day Ceremony to Honor American Heroes
What: Wreaths Across America (WAA) is a national nonprofit organization whose mission is to Remember, Honor, and Teach about our nation’s veterans. This mission is carried out each year in part through the laying of wreaths on veterans’ graves during the National Remembrance Day ceremony each December. The 3rd annual local Remembrance Day Ceremony will be held at the Veterans’ Plaza of Evansville’s Oak Hill Cemetery at 11 A.M. on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2013, and will coincide with the national ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier at Arlington National Cemetery. Roughly 800 other ceremonies will take place nationally and overseas, all observing a moment of silence simultaneously.
Evansville Civil Air Patrol’s (CAP) RiverCity Cadet Squadron is responsible for bringing the WAA Program to Oak Hill Cemetery. The 25-member squadron is comprised of cadets, ages 12-18, and 8 senior members. As the official auxiliary of the U.S. Air Force, Civil Air Patrol’s three main missions of Aerospace Education, Emergency Services, and Cadet Programs are underscored by its core values of Integrity, Excellence, Volunteer Service, and Respect.
Who: Wreaths Across America and Evansville’s Civil Air Patrol
When: Saturday, December 14, 2013 at 11 A.M. CST
Where: Oak Hill Cemetery Veterans’ Plaza, Evansville, Indiana
Contact: Betsy Fulton, Lt, CAP at fultons11@sbcglobal.net or 812-473-3361; or Sierra Parsons, C/Col, CAP at rubygem4110@gmail.com.
Additional Info: This event is open to the public. Participants include Mayor Lloyd Winnecke, VFW
Post 1114, Evansville Firefighter Pipe Band member Adam Bigge, students from Oak
Hill School, and cadets and color guard from CAP’s RiverCity Cadet Squadron.
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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 over 800 cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond. For more information, to donate or to sign up to volunteer, please visit www.WreathsAcrossAmerica.org.
Looking forward to it!
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