The Northern Nevada Veteran's Coalition (NNVC) needs volunteers to help place wreaths on veteran's graves at the Northern Nevada Veterans Memorial Center in Fernley this Saturday morning.
Tom Draughon of the NNVC emphasizes the importance of honoring our veterans, saying that participating in Wreaths Across America is a great way to do so but of course "you should remember them every single day of the year."
Wreaths Across America is a national project that NNVC became involved with in 2007. The goal is to someday place a wreath for every veteran interned in the cemetery. In 2014 that goal was reached with over 6,000 wreaths placed.
This year, NNVC tells us that there are now over 7,000 veterans interned at the cemetery.
The 9 a.m. service will happen simultaneously with 1,000 other services throughout the United States.
Draughon tells us that they encourage the public to come and place the wreaths because looking at the headstones and contemplating the veterans that have fallen is a special moment for the public to experience.
For more information on the organization, go to NNVC.org
