The program has been set for the Wreaths Across America celebration at the Rock Island National Cemetery on Arsenal Island at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 16.
This is a special event and vetting will take place at the gate and will not require obtaining a visitor’s pass to access the installation and the cemetery.
The keynote speaker will be Maj. Gen. Jeffrey W. Jurasek, deputy commanding general-support, First Army and Commanding General, U.S. Army Support Command – First Army. He assumed the dual role as of Nov. 8, 2021.
The cemetery’s remembrance ceremony will include the laying of ceremonial wreaths to honor each of the military services, POWs and all veterans, past and present. The Department of Veteran Affairs works hand in hand with the national nonprofit Wreaths Across America organization across the country to assist in the remembrance and recognition of our veteran population during the holiday season.
The Wreaths Across America organization is working hard to ensure no veteran from the Quad Cities area is forgotten this holiday season. Individuals who would like to sponsor a wreath can contact Wreaths Across America at www.wreathsacrossamerica.org. This program ensures that the more than 1,600 individuals buried at Rock Island National Cemetery, who served to protect our freedoms and country are not and will never be forgotten.
Each year, the program ensures that remembrance wreaths will be placed at the headstones of fallen veterans at nearly 1,000 locations across the country and overseas.
