Category Archives: Wreaths Across America

20 Years of Remember, Honor, Teach

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Whenever we celebrate a milestone, we’re reminded of the journey that brought us here.

Today, Wreaths Across America proudly begins its 20th year as a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization…and with it comes many memories.

Many of you know that Wreaths Across America began as the Arlington Wreath Project in 1992. My husband had been in the balsam products industry for years, and that year he found himself with a surplus of wreaths. He immediately thought back to a moment from his childhood: standing in Arlington National Cemetery as a twelve-year-old after winning a trip as a paperboy. That experience left a lasting impression on him.

Click here to read my full message, and keep scrolling to learn more about our year-round mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach.

Sincerely,

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Karen Worcester

Wreaths Across America’s Executive Director

 

Remember Me Story Gallery

Help us identify service members who deserve to be remembered. These could be family members, local heroes, or names from your local cemetery that few people know.

Please submit names, photos, and stories at the button below. You can also view the gallery of stories. Be sure to use #RememberMe on social media!

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Video: History on the Stone

250 Years of Service to our Nation. Remembering every service member, in every community, big and small, nationwide. Thank you to the volunteers in Covington, PA and Blossburg, PA, for their work in ensuring each servicemember’s name is said out loud and story told in their communities.

Say their names, share their stories!

 

2026 Youth Service-learning Project

WAA’s Curriculum Developer has created a Service Learning Project for educators to use with their students! Share with the teachers and school administrators in your community to encourage students to research a service member(s) from their community or family and share that person’s story. Or, start this project with a student in your life today!

 

Mission Matters: Daughters of the American Revolution

Tomorrow at 10 am ET, tune in to Wreaths Across America Radio for Mission Matters! This week, Karen speaks with Cindy Stath about her role at the Daughters of the American Revolution, how the DAR ties into this year’s “Remember Me” theme, and the Meet the DAR Podcast. Listen live on the iHeart, Audacy and TuneIn apps, or at the button.

Check out the Meet the DAR Podcast on Monday at 11 am ET and listen to past episodes here.

 

Featured Merchandise

2025 theme merch is ON SALE! Tees are now just $20, and hoodies are now just $45.

Get these sale items before they’re gone at the button below.

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Remember Me: Wreaths Across America’s 2026 Theme

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On behalf of the Wreaths Across America organization and our family of volunteers and supporters, THANK YOU! Thank you for supporting our mission to Remember the fallen, Honor those who serve, and Teach the next generation the value of freedom.

This year’s Wreaths Across America program reached an extraordinary milestone. Together, we served 5,598 participating locations, sponsored more than 3.1 million veterans’ wreaths, and mobilized millions of volunteers, nearly a third of them children, across all 50 states and abroad.

Read my full end of the year message here, which includes our 2026 theme announcement, and keep scrolling to learn more about our year-round mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach.

Sincerely,

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Karen Worcester
Wreaths Across America’s Executive Director

Save the Date

We invite you to save the date for National Wreaths Across America Day 2026 — Saturday, December 19, 2026.

We hope you will continue this meaningful tradition with us as we honor and remember our veterans together once again.

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Wreath Matching Campaign

2025 Wreath Match!

Now through Wednesday, Dec. 31, 2025, HQ will match all veterans’ wreaths sponsored through a registered WAA Sponsorship Group for placement on next year’s National Wreaths Across America Day – Saturday, Dec. 19, 2026!

Find a Sponsorship Group to support at the link below, and let your donation dollars go further this holiday season! (Make sure to switch to “Search Groups”)

2025 Founder’s Award

This year, Wreaths Across America posthumously recognized veteran and longtime Iowa volunteer Patrick Palmersheim as the 2025 recipient of the Founder’s Award. Patrick, who served nine years in the United States Air Force with two tours in Vietnam, devoted his life to ensuring that every veteran is remembered and honored. His leadership was instrumental in creating the Iowa Veterans Cemetery in Van Meter, a lasting tribute that continues to serve thousands of Iowa’s heroes and their families.

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MISSION BBQ Heroes Cup Campaign

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We are excited to announce the national kick-off of the “American Heroes Cup” campaign at MISSION BBQ! Now through the end of 2025, for every American Heroes Cup purchased at any of MISSION BBQ’s 156 locations for $4.99, $2 will be donated to sponsor veterans’ wreaths for placement in December 2026. Learn more and find a location near you by clicking on the button below!

Relisten: Annual Escort to Arlington

Thank you to this year’s Escort to Arlington sponsors who allowed us to provide live coverage of the “Escort to Arlington.” You can listen to the recorded broadcast from each stop on our Soundcloud – just click the button below.

Thank you to our sponsors!

Title Sponsor: The Wilbert Group

Media Partner: Stars and Stripes

Associate Sponsor: JP Morgan Chase

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Sponsor Spotlight

We are deeply grateful to Bennett for their continued support of the Wreaths Across America mission. Your commitment helps us ensure that every hero is remembered, honored, and taught to future generations.

Through your generosity and partnership, we are able to expand our reach, engage more communities, and carry forward the important work of placing wreaths on the headstones of our nation’s veterans. Thank you for standing with us and for sharing in this mission to remember, honor and teach.

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Featured Merchandise

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The 13-month 2026 calendar measures 9″ x 12″ and features beautiful pictures of cemeteries throughout the US. Special dates are included as well. Click the button to purchase the calendar and view other merch.

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Wreaths Across America 2025: San Francisco National Cemetery at the Presidio

REMEMBER the Fallen. . . HONOR those who Serve. . . TEACH our children the value of Freedom.

Earlier today members of Branch 25 attended the annual Wreaths Across America event at the San Francisco National Cemetery at the Presidio. Below are some pictures that members took, as well as some we found online, and some video from the event.

 

 

Giving Tuesday is Almost Here!

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Dear Michael Barbour,

The countdown to Wreaths Across America Day is underway! A heartfelt shout-out to all the incredible volunteers working tirelessly to organize sponsorships and plan ceremonies in every state. It’s been a wonderful year as we’ve shared meaningful stories and continued to grow our Wreaths Across America family. More than 700 new locations will participate on December 13! On Thursday, when we go around our table and say what we are grateful for, I will say that my family has been blessed to be part of the Wreaths Across America, and had the opportunity to meet so many proud, giving Americans and for that I am grateful.

Click here to read my full message, including my grandson Miles’ enlistment, and keep scrolling to learn more about our year-round mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach.

 

Sincerely,

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Karen Worcester

Wreaths Across America’s Executive Director

 

Less Than 20 Days Until National Wreaths Across America Day

There are less than 20 days until National Wreaths Across America Day! It’s never too late to sponsor a wreath. Sponsor a ‘Remember Me’ wreath at the button below to honor a hero who might otherwise go unrecognized.

 

Want to get involved? Click here to learn about volunteer opportunities, including wreath laying at a participating location near you.

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#GivingTuesday Match

Your gift goes twice as far this #GivingTuesday! Thanks to the incredible support of a longtime partner, every wreath sponsorship made today through Tuesday, Dec. 2, for placement at Arlington National Cemetery via THIS PAGE will be matched, up to $500,000!

 

Click the button to double your impact!

 

 

MISSION BBQ Heroes Cup Campaign

We are excited to announce the national kick-off of the “American Heroes Cup” campaign at MISSION BBQ! Now through the end of 2025, for every American Heroes Cup purchased at any of MISSION BBQ’s 156 locations for $4.99, $2 will be donated to sponsor veterans’ wreaths for placement in December 2026. Learn more and find a location near you by clicking on the button below!

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Annual Escort to Arlington Radio Coverage

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Wreaths Across America Radio will provide live, long-form coverage of the “Escort to Arlington” as it travels down the East Coast! Tune in for the week long journey and hear the ceremony at every stop. View the full schedule of events at the button below. Thank you to our sponsors!

Title Sponsor: The Wilbert Group

Media Partner: Stars and Stripes

Associate Sponsor: JP Morgan Chase

 

Sponsor Spotlight

 

We are deeply grateful to Walmart and MISSION BBQ for their continued support of the Wreaths Across America mission. Your commitment helps us ensure that every hero is remembered, honored, and taught to future generations.

 

Through your generosity and partnership, we are able to expand our reach, engage more communities, and carry forward the important work of placing wreaths on the headstones of our nation’s veterans. Thank you for standing with us and for sharing in this mission to remember, honor and teach.

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Featured Merchandise

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Proudly show your support on National Wreaths Across America Day with our well-loved jersey t-shirt! Includes this year’s Keep Moving Forward Logo.

 

Purchase the shirt and view more merch at the button.

 
 

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Honor a Hero This December!

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We are less than one month away from National Wreaths Across America Day!

On Saturday, December 13, communities across the country will come together to Remember, Honorand Teach at a record 5,600+ participating locations (600 more locations than last year)! The mission continues to grow thanks to the support of individuals like you, who have sponsored, volunteered, and helped your own community in honoring its veterans and military families.

Your support over the years has made an incredible impact, but now is the time to join the mission in 2025! Click on the button below to repeat your past sponsorship for 2025.

With gratitude,

Wreaths Across America

 

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