CLARKSVILLE, TN – Greenwood Cemetery, located at 976 Greenwood Ave., hosted its third annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony followed by the Laying of the Wreaths.
With all that is going on in our community, the tornados, the loss of lives and homes, and everyone is working hard to clean up, we proudly came out to lay the wreaths and honor our deceased veterans. This is a national event that happens each December across our country at over 1,400 cemeteries.
We would like to thank Ft. Campbell Chaplain Major James Burke for doing the opening ceremony along with the Color Guard and the eight active-duty members who presented the wreaths for our eight branches of service. Pictured are Chaplain Major James Burke, Sgt. Reed, PV2 Lynch, SPC Mikylo Parker, PVT Ryan Leis, PFC Kristen Szurley, CPT Jacob Loesche, CPT Abbey Early, 1LT Ryan Spencer, 1LT Ryan Schmitz, Sgt. Phillips, 1LT Ryan Spencer, SSG Bagget Clayton, PFC Lawrence, SPC Langford, Sgt. Shane Phillips and PVT Ellis. Thank you all for your service to our country and our community. Thank you also to Ethan Foster, local Boy Scout who came out to play taps for us.
Greenwood currently has 1625 veterans buried in our historical cemetery; the number goes up each year as we are an active cemetery. This year we had 334 wreaths, our goal for next year and as always is to have a wreath for each veteran interred here. Thank you to all whom ordered and sponsored wreaths a huge thank you to all the volunteers who came out to help lay the wreaths.
Wreaths Across America is having its match each Wreath Campaign December 16, 2023, through January 16, 2024. If you go to www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/TN0295 and order your wreaths for next year they will match each wreaths purchased plus we receive one free so if you purchase 10 wreaths Greenwood will receive 25 wreaths towards our ceremony in December 2024.