Wreaths Across America 2022

Saturday, December 17 the Yountville Chamber of Commerce, in conjunction with Wreaths Across America, hosted a wreath-laying ceremony at the Yountville Veterans Home Cemetery.  Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, Wreaths Across America’s mission to Remember, Honor and Teach is carried out by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as at more than 3,400 additional locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea and abroad.  Wreaths Across America started as a simple gesture of thanks that has grown into a national movement of dedicated volunteers and communities coming together to not only remember the nation’s fallen and honor their service, but to teach the next generation about the sacrifices made for us to live freely.

 

The ceremony, which began with The Presentation of Colours was lead by Mayor Marjorie Mohler.  It included a ceremonial laying of wreaths, laid by U.S. Army: Mike Babber, U.S. Marine Corps: Mike Bundy, U.S. Merchant Marines: Ruffin Appersen, U.S. Navy : CJ Bertagna, U.S. Air Force : Katie Aeffer, U.S. Coast Guard: Clark Brandt, Vietnam War: Margaret Beaubien, Regent, Vineyard Trails Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution. Lisa Peake, Administrator of the Veterans Home Yountville, thanked the crowd of over 200 volunteers and spoke about the experiences of the residents over the past 2 years and the history of the cemetery.  The ceremony ended with an emotional rendition of Taps, play by CJ Bertagna.