Medina will place 1,200 wreaths on veterans’ graves on Saturday
Boxwood will host noon ceremony before volunteers place wreaths there and at other cemeteries
Photo courtesy of Jacob Hebdon: Lance Corporal Nick Fitzak carries one of the wreaths during a ceremony at Wreaths Across America on Dec. 14, 2024. Medina has participated in the event each year since 2013.
MEDINA – The Medina community will be placing about 1,200 wreaths at veterans’ graves on Saturday for the Wreaths Across America observance.
Wreaths Across America has grown in Orleans County since Medina was the first to do it at Boxwood Cemetery in 2013. Lyndonville, Albion and Holley also have joined the effort.
Medina started with seven wreaths in 2013 at Boxwood. On Saturday the wreaths will be placed at vets’ graves at Boxwood, St. Mary’s Cemetery, Sacred Heart Cemetery and Bates Road Cemetery. If there are enough wreaths, some will also be placed at Tanner Cemetery on Telegraph Road and perhaps other local cemeteries.
There will be a ceremony at noon at Boxwood before the volunteers set out on the task of setting the wreaths at gravesites for veterans.
