CLARKSVILLE, TN – As we prepare for the holiday season, we honor our veterans buried in all of our local cemeteries with Wreaths Across America. Our goal to teach our youth the respect we have for our veterans and educate them on the honor it is to be a soldier and protect the values of our country.
Historical Greenwood Cemetery has over 1,700 veterans buried in our beautiful cemetery, Riverview has 370 and Mount Olive approximately 32 veterans. Local veteran Joe Smith owner of Jodi’s Cabinets Sales has issued a challenge to all Clarksville veteran owned and local business owners to order 12 wreaths for each of the local historic cemeteries to provide wreaths for all of our fallen veterans.
Wreaths can be ordered at www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/TNGRNC or www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/TN0295 , you can also sign up to volunteer to help lay the wreaths on these websites. It is an honor to lay a wreath on their grave and show that we appreciate all the sacrifice they gave to protect our country. Many volunteers will be needed to lay the wreaths coming into Greenwood Cemetery this year, as over 700 have been ordered to date.
We welcome all who want to come out on Dec. 19. The ceremony conducted by a Fort Campbell chaplain and active service members begins at 9. am at the Veteran Memorial at the entrance to the cemetery, immediately followed by the laying of the wreaths.