Wreaths across American Ceremony

Missouri Veterans Cemetery - Jacksonville will host their annual Wreaths across America ceremony on Saturday, December 16th, 2023, at 11:00 a.m. During this event there will be an outdoor ceremony at the committal shelter followed by wreath placement upon each gravesite.

The Missouri Veterans Cemetery - Jacksonville with host Wreaths across America, a holiday wreath-laying event, to honor and remeber our nation's Veterans at 11 a.m. on Saturday, December 16, 2023.  The Missouri Veterans Commission has partnered with Wreaths across America since 2009.

Wreath across America started in 1992 when the Worcester Wreath Company began donating wreaths to be placed at the headstones in Arlington National Cemetery.  Building on that tradition, in 2006, the company began donating seven ceremonial wreaths to each state and national Veterans cemetery in the country.  Today, many individuals and organizations hold campaigns to purchase additional wreaths to be placed at headstones in these cemeteries.  To learn more about the Wreaths across American, visit wreathsacrossamerica.org.

Media are welcome to attend and photograph as volunteers lay wreaths.  Interviews with volunteers and Cemetery Directors are also available.

Missouri Veterans Cemetery - Jacksonville

1479 County Road 1675

Jacksonville, MO 65260

CONTACT: Alison Evans, Cemetery Director (660) 372-6024