Good Day Brothers and Sisters,
I tried making this a mission like the past when WWR was asked to volunteer with traffic and parking, the event is now changed and will not be feasible to ride in together, I suggest if you’re volunteering to come and go as you can, see the message below from WCNC and the wreath protocol
Bigbill
Dear Wreaths Across America Supporters, Thank you for your tremendous support of the Washington Crossing Wreaths for Veterans (WCWV). Because of your generous financial support, we achieved mission enabling us to place a wreath at each of the 19,000 headstones! We are excited about the Wreath event at the Washington Crossing National Cemetery on Saturday, December 18th. WREATH PLACEMENT PROTOCOL • Please take only two wreaths at a time. You may return to lay as many wreaths as you like, two at a time. • Respectfully say the veterans name and then placed the wreath flat on the ground centered in front of the headstone with the ribbon at the top. Do not lean the wreath against the stone. If there is already a blanket, wreath or flowers at the gravesite, you should still place a wreath. IMPORTANT EVENT INFORMATION • We all must realize the numbers at WCNC are growing exponentially and with that, so are we, as we maintain the spirit of this tradition. This year we will be laying wreaths in waves with 1 hour spacing to help avoid traffic issues and utilize all our volunteers. We ask that you please be patient and courteous as the cemetery is hallowed ground. This year, we have over 3,000 volunteers, and our goal is to let everyone be part of this event. Individual notifications are not possible due to the size of the event. • Starting at 9:30-10:30am we will be laying wreaths in Section 6A, 6 and 7. We are asking volunteers with last names starting with A-M to join us at this time. • Starting at 10:45-1130am we will be laying wreaths in Section 1 and 3. We are asking volunteers with last names starting with N-Z to join us at this time. • The ceremony will start at 11:45am till approximately 12:30pm. At that time, we will continue with the remaining sections. • The cemetery is open from sunrise to sunset and wreaths will be available during that time for placement. • Parking and buses will NOT be provided
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