For the Reporter<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n “Wreaths Across America” \u2013 an annual celebration at cemeteries throughout the country \u2013 will be commemorated from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at Tahoma National Cemetary, 18600 SE 240th St., Kent.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The public is invited to support the Green River Composite Squadron, the Civil Air Patrol and fellow veterans.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n At the ceremony, wreaths will be placed on the graves of many veterans, honoring their long and faithful service and sacrifice to safeguard liberty.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n The purpose of Wreaths Across America is to remember the fallen, to honor those who served and their families and to teach children the value of freedom.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n Wreaths Across America was formed in 1992 in Harrington, Maine. From those early days, when the first wreaths were placed in Arlington National Cemetery, the program has expanded to cemeteries throughout the country. Now, due to the efforts of organizations like Washington State Sons of the American Revolution (WSSAR), 450,000 wreaths each year are distributed to private and national cemeteries.<\/p>\n<\/p>\n “Our soldiers daily put themselves in harm’s way for us,” said Allen Gray, WSSAR president. “Those who suffer and die for the cause of liberty, here and around the world, are more than statistics. They are our sons and daughters, husbands and fathers, who left everything behind to safeguard freedom. That sort of sacrifice deserves our support.”<\/p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" “Wreaths Across America” \u2013 an annual celebration at cemeteries throughout the country \u2013 will be commemorated from 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec. 14 at Tahoma National Cemetary, 18600 SE 240th St., Kent.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":106,"featured_media":5438,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[],"yst_prominent_words":[],"class_list":["post-5437","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5437"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/106"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=5437"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/5437\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/5438"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=5437"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=5437"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=5437"},{"taxonomy":"yst_prominent_words","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.kentreporter.com\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/yst_prominent_words?post=5437"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}