‘Honor those who serve’

Wreaths Across America grows in Habersham

  • At Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at the VFW Memorial Park, Josslyn Webber, Zaelice Phasavang and Gabriel Morales ensure each veteran has a wreath placed on their headstone after the ceremony. ZACH TAYLOR/Special
    At Saturday’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at the VFW Memorial Park, Josslyn Webber, Zaelice Phasavang and Gabriel Morales ensure each veteran has a wreath placed on their headstone after the ceremony. ZACH TAYLOR/Special
  • The Tomochici Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a Wreaths Across America event at the Old Clarkesville Cemetery on Dec. 16. Shown is Anne Purcell after placing a wreath in honor of POW/MIA military personnel. Anne Purcell is the widow of the late Col. Ben Purcell, who was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer held as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. CARSON SPRINKLE/Special
    The Tomochici Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution hosted a Wreaths Across America event at the Old Clarkesville Cemetery on Dec. 16. Shown is Anne Purcell after placing a wreath in honor of POW/MIA military personnel. Anne Purcell is the widow of the late Col. Ben Purcell, who was the highest-ranking U.S. Army officer held as a prisoner of war during the Vietnam War. CARSON SPRINKLE/Special
  • Demorest Interim Fire Chief Jerry Palmer kneels as he places a wreath on his grandfather’s grave at the first Wreaths Across America event at Demorest City Cemetery on Saturday morning. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff
    Demorest Interim Fire Chief Jerry Palmer kneels as he places a wreath on his grandfather’s grave at the first Wreaths Across America event at Demorest City Cemetery on Saturday morning. MATTHEW OSBORNE/Staff
       Wreaths Across America expanded to three sites in Habersham County on Saturday, the day the program was celebrated nationwide.    The program, designed to decorate the...

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