Left to right Mike Rinehart Past

It was an emotionally charged day and one that all present will remember for years to come. has once again volunteered to supply the wreaths at their Despite the fact that many wreaths were encased in snow they had only recently arrived from Canada the entire job was completed in under three hours. Susan eventually mentioned they should purchase more wreaths to place on as many graves as possible because far too many were not being decorated.

Left to right Mike Rinehart, Past Commandant Wink Merry, At Arms Bill Little, Commandant Dick Billig, Stan Clark and John McColley along with friend Kathy McCullough traveled to the cemetery to place flags in section We do not have firm amount at this time so we are basing our budget on the figure of each. The Gettysburg branch of Giant Foods of Carlisle, PA. Karl MacDonald, Executive Director of the Quantico National Cemetery expressed his appreciation to all involved and made clear his desire to see all 21,000 graves at the cemetery with Christmas Wreaths.

The Beginning of The National Wreath Project was born..

On 1st, volunteers began to gather in the parking lot of Giant Food in Gettysburg, PA. Approximately volunteers completed the task in short order. Karl MacDonald, Executive Director of the Quantico National Cemetery expressed his appreciation to all involved and made clear his desire to see all 21,000 graves at the cemetery with Christmas Wreaths. Volunteers preparing to move out. was quick to commit to supplying the wreaths at their and The National Wreath Project The wreath project began when Erics parents started placing wreaths on his grave around Thanksgiving of to Quantico, VA.

It was few days before Memorial Day that Susan and John McColley Giant Food employees played key roll in making this years project success. LR Dave Altland, Andy Willow, Christi Shively and Chris Chisholm look on as John McColley accepts generous donation from Gettysburg Giant Food presented by Store Manager Colin Snyder. Dates are to be announced. Please checkback soon as we will be posting pictures from our program events.

Dates are to be announced. Please checkback soon as we will be posting pictures from our program events. The wreath project began when Erics parents started placing wreaths on his grave around Thanksgiving of Please click here to view listing of National Wreath Project and pledge their continued support Gettysburg, PA., American Legion Post Commander, Jim Sutton and John McColley accept donations from numerous volunteers. Each time they visited the cemetery with new wreath they would place the existing wreath on the grave of neighboring Marine. to Quantico, VA.No tags for this post.

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