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Volunteers lay wreaths for veterans at local cemeteries

  • Members of Meridian’s Not So Jazz Band - Jazz Band performed the National Anthem and Taps during the Wreaths Across America ceremony in Clifton on Saturday, December 16. The NSJBJB members pictured include (from left) Meryn Robertson, Colby Cummings, Hayden Cummings, and Noah Smith. Nathan Diebenow | Meridian Tribune
    Members of Meridian’s Not So Jazz Band - Jazz Band performed the National Anthem and Taps during the Wreaths Across America ceremony in Clifton on Saturday, December 16. The NSJBJB members pictured include (from left) Meryn Robertson, Colby Cummings, Hayden Cummings, and Noah Smith. Nathan Diebenow | Meridian Tribune
  • Members of the American Legion Post #322 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8553 prepare to lay wreaths during the Wreaths Across America Ceremony in Clifton on Saturday, December 16. Nathan Diebenow | Meridian Tribune
    Members of the American Legion Post #322 and Veterans of Foreign Wars Post #8553 prepare to lay wreaths during the Wreaths Across America Ceremony in Clifton on Saturday, December 16. Nathan Diebenow | Meridian Tribune
  • Abel Pederson laid a wreath at the headstone of veteran Johnny C. Olson at Norse Cemetery as a part of the local support to the National Wreaths Across American Day, Saturday, December 16. Olson served as a Private First Class during World War II. He was a lifelong member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Photo Courtesy by Ral Aars
    Abel Pederson laid a wreath at the headstone of veteran Johnny C. Olson at Norse Cemetery as a part of the local support to the National Wreaths Across American Day, Saturday, December 16. Olson served as a Private First Class during World War II. He was a lifelong member of Our Savior’s Lutheran Church. Photo Courtesy by Ral Aars
  • Young people from Cranfills Gap ISD honor veterans at a cemetery in Cranfills Gap during the Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday, December 16. Photo Courtesy by Grover McMains
    Young people from Cranfills Gap ISD honor veterans at a cemetery in Cranfills Gap during the Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday, December 16. Photo Courtesy by Grover McMains
People –whether young or old, Methodist or Presbyterian, military or civilian– honored veterans by laying wreaths on their gravesites at cemeteries across Bosque County on Saturday, December 16. In Clifton, around a hundred folks or more participated in a brief ceremony prior to laying over 750 wreaths at Clifton Cemetery. Wreaths Across America (WAA) coordinator Kathy Harr thanked the…

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