Wreaths at Riverside National Cemetery
RIVERSIDE (CNS) – Civil Air Patrol cadets, joined by current and former members of the U.S. Armed Forces, volunteers from nonprofit organizations and families throughout Riverside County, will fan out across Riverside National Cemetery on Saturday to place Christmas wreaths at graves in an annual salute to the fallen.
The cemetery walk will coincide with nearly 5,700 similar deployments nationwide in recognition of “National Wreaths Across America Day,” in which the Civil Air Patrol, also known as the U.S. Air Force Auxiliary, takes a leading role. This year’s theme is “Keep Moving Forward.”
“National Wreaths Across America Day is an event held every December in which millions of volunteers unite to place sponsored veterans’ wreaths at the final resting place of millions of service members in thousands of participating locations across the U.S. and abroad,” according to the nonprofit Wreaths Across America. “These wreaths are delivered through the generosity of hundreds of volunteer truck drivers and their companies and are sponsored by individuals and businesses.”…