Wreaths at Tranquility Cemetery presented by members of Charles H. Eyre American Legion Post 633 in Seaman. Left to right, Tom Putnam, Casey Kirker, Karl Boerger, Gary Embrey, Rebecca Rickey and Eric Newman. (Photo provided)

Wreaths at Tranquility Cemetery presented by members of Charles H. Eyre American Legion Post 633 in Seaman. Left to right, Tom Putnam, Casey Kirker, Karl Boerger, Gary Embrey, Rebecca Rickey and Eric Newman. (Photo provided)

<p>Junior Auxiliary members who helped Post members with the wreaths. Left to right: Kloey Edwards, Johnie Edwards, Jaden Humphrey, CJ Oney, Jaxson Humphrey, Ford Humphrey, members of American Legion Unit 633 Junior Auxiliary and Stacy Humphrey, member of American Legion Unit 633 Auxiliary. (Photo provided)</p>

Junior Auxiliary members who helped Post members with the wreaths. Left to right: Kloey Edwards, Johnie Edwards, Jaden Humphrey, CJ Oney, Jaxson Humphrey, Ford Humphrey, members of American Legion Unit 633 Junior Auxiliary and Stacy Humphrey, member of American Legion Unit 633 Auxiliary. (Photo provided)
<p>Opening remarks at the event, left to right, Tom Putnam, American Legion Post 633 Sergeant at Arms, Eric Newman, American Legion Post 633 Commander and Katie Stapleton, Tranquility Cemetery Association. (Photo provided)</p>

Opening remarks at the event, left to right, Tom Putnam, American Legion Post 633 Sergeant at Arms, Eric Newman, American Legion Post 633 Commander and Katie Stapleton, Tranquility Cemetery Association. (Photo provided)

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Tranquility Cemetery near Seaman became the first location in Adams County to join in the Wreaths Across America (WAA) program. The Tranquility Cemetery Association, Charles H. Eyre American Legion Post 633, American Legion Unit 633 Auxiliary, American Legion Unit 633 Junior Auxiliary and American Legion Squadron 633 Sons of the American Legion(SAL) worked together to host the event on Saturday, December 16.

On a sunny, warm for December day, a small crowd gathered to hear brief remarks and place the wreaths that commemorate each of the branches of the armed forces, the Merchant Marines and those who were POWs or who still remain Missing in Action (MIA). The mission of Wreaths Across America is to remember the fallen, honor those who serve now and teach the next generation the value of freedom.

The WAA program got its start in 1992 when the Worcester Wreath Company in Maine offered surplus wreaths to Arlington National Cemetery to place in older sections of the cemetery that rarely had visitors. The program grew in leaps and bounds with the help of sponsors, donors, partners and others that contribute to the program. In 2022 over 2.7 million wreaths were placed at 3,702 participating locations across America. In 2018 WAA was invited to place wreaths at the Normandy American Cemetery in France to remember our fallen World War II heroes.

The wreaths will remain in place at Tranquility through New Years Day and it iis hoped that family and friends of those veterans buried there will take a moment to visit and perhaps place a wreath or flowers. And as the WAA suggests, when you place the flowers or wreath say that veteran’s name out loud and remember their lives and their service to our great country.