Chapter News

摘要

More than 100,000 wreaths were placed at many of the approximately 350 national and private veterans' cemeteries around the country this holiday season. Members of the NDTA's Washington, DC, and Central Pennsylvania Chapters donated funds to purchase wreaths and volunteered time to place them at headstones in ceremonies on December 13. This is the second year that the Pennsylvania Chapter has participated; response to this program generated enough funds to award the Chapter's first scholarship in 2009. Shorty Salmans, organizer, explains, "Our goal was to place a wreath on every grave at Indiantown Gap National Cemetery, whose numbers are 33,000 and growing by 12 to 14 each day." This year, 2100 wreaths were laid; Gold Stars Mothers or America, Civil Air Patrol Cadets, Naval Sea Cadets, and Boy Scouts of America also participated in ceremonies. Photos by "Shorty" Salmans and Peggy Rieder.