Go to the YouTube video below to see the Star News coverage of Wreaths Across America.
People gathered Saturday Dec. 15, 2018 at the Wilmington National Cemetery to take part in the Wreaths Across America event.528 Boxes / 4,752 Wreaths (9 wreaths to a box). I know the web site says we have a few more but this is what made the cutoff. 95% of our goal of 5,200. Anything over the 4,752 most likely will be credited to next year. These wreaths were placed on headstones across the cemetery. The program is carried out nationally every December at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as over 1,200 additional locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea, and abroad.
Volunteers from the DAR Brunswick Town Chapter who manned the forces of passing out the wreaths to hundreds of people along with their volunteers from the Wilmington and Leeland area. Also, the Civil Air Patrol came to the rescue to assist opening up additional boxes of wreaths to place on the tables for the all the guests who placed the wreaths on the graves of the Veterans.
L to R: Phyllis Wilson, Historian, Carol Jutte, Regent, Pat Gooding, Vice-Regent, Donna Agopsowicz, Good Citizen High School Co-Chair, Fran Carlsen, Wreaths Across America Chair, Jeanne Nelson, DAR Good Citizen, High School: Co Chair and Vicki Wade, Public Relations Committee
Amy Catanzaro of Wilmington and her husband Sam also saw an advertisement for Wreaths Across America in the Leeland Nexdoor Newsletter and decided to come up early in the morning to help. They too called Fran Carlsen and told her they would help out.
Barbara and Matthew Hearn saw an article in the Star News about Wreaths Across America and contacted Fran Carlsen, our Chairman and met her early in the morning and worked for hours unloading boxes of wreath to be placed on the graves of the Veterans at Wilmington National Cemetery.
L to R: Donna Agopsowicz and Jeanne Nelson, DAR Good Citizen, High School: Co Chairs
Fortunately, for our Bag Piper, there was a lull in the rain so that he could play his bagpipe.
L to R: Fran Carlsen, Wreaths Across America Chairman; Phyllis Wilson, handled publicity in the newspaper, Nextdoor Neighborhood Newsletters in St. James and Leeland areas, Just Judy Newsletter, e-mails sent out to numerous people in her neighborhood. Regent Carol Jutte sent out e-mails to DAR members as frequent reminders to buy wreaths. Phyllis maintains three blogs and a DAR Facebook page. All had information on how to order wreaths. Making others aware of what Wreaths Across America is all about is so important. You can purchase a wreath any time you want. Phyllis gives them as gifts for birthdays and if someone passes away. You can give a wreath in Honor of someone and in Memory of someone. If you haven't bought a wreath and would like to for 2019 contact Phyllis Wilson for more information on how to do this. There is a tab at the top of this blog that is labeled Wreaths Across America. Click on it and follow the directions. Contact Phyllis at 910-253-1474 or e-mail her at
par4wilson@gmail.com.
Carol Jutte, Regent of the Brunswick Town DAR Chapter, Fran Carlsen, Wreaths Across America Chair,and Pat Gooding, Vice-Regent
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