Hundreds place wreaths at Massachusetts Veterans Cemetery on Wreaths Across America Day

AGAWAM, Mass. (WWLP) – Saturday marks National Wreaths Across America Day, where volunteers lay wreaths at the graves of fallen heroes across the country.

In western Massachusetts, one event took place at the Massachusetts Veterans Memorial Cemetery in Agawam, where crowds gathered to honor over 10,800 graves.

“You have a sense of coming together with people that you may not know, but we are all here for the same reason, and that is to celebrate the lives of people who have fallen,” said Madelyn Arico of the Agawam Varsity Cheer Team…

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