The Central Texas State
Veterans Cemetery opened in 2006 after more than a decade of work and planning.
It now serves as the honorable resting place for more than 3,000 veterans and
family members.
In support of this tremendous asset, a group of citizens has
organized the Friends of the Central Texas Veterans Cemetery to support
projects at the cemetery beginning with laying a holiday wreath at each grave
each year. Wreaths will be laid on Saturday,
November 24, 2012 at 10 a.m., and
we hope you will join us.
The Friends of the Central Texas Veterans Cemetery are seeking
monetary donations to purchase wreaths and volunteers to prepare, lay, and pick
up wreaths.
Laying holiday wreaths actually began six years ago when the
Wreaths Across America organization sent six wreaths to our cemetery and every
other veterans cemetery in the United States to be laid in honor of each
military service branch and POW/MIA. Jean Shine believed that there should
be a wreath laid at each grave and within three days, she had gathered enough
wreaths and volunteers to make it happen.
Last year, there were about 3,300 graves, and this year there
are more than 4,000. We expect about 800 new graves each year, so we need your
support to continue this meaningful project in this and future years.
If you would like to make a tax deductible donation, please click here.
If you would like to volunteer to prepare, lay, or pick up
wreaths, please e-mail wreaths@wreathsforvets.org or
call (254) 690-4321.
Thank you for supporting this project and more importantly our
veterans and their families.
(Text taken from: http://www.wreathsforvets.org/)
