The Wreath Brigade 2022

The Wreath Elves

Jordan St. John and his daughter Julie helping to pick up wreaths at the cemeteries.

On Tuesday, December 21, 2021on a raw and drizzly morning, Post 205 honored veterans at the Veterans Memorial and laid wreaths on the plaques of all Branches of Service in honor of Wreathes Across America. 

Wreaths Placed at Veterans Memorial

​American Legion Post 205 Honors Wreaths Across America At Veterans Memorial

Wreaths Across America 2023


Dennis J.  Becker American Legion Post 205, Bluffton, SC is again participating in the Wreaths Across America program this year.  You may or not know that Wreaths Across America started as a simple gesture of thanks that has grown into a national movement of dedicated volunteers and communities coming together to not only remember the Nation’s fallen and honor their service, but to teach the next generation about the sacrifices made for us to live freely.  This year there will be more that 2,500 participating locations placing wreaths on National Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, December 17, 2023, with more than 2 million volunteers coming together. 

We would like to raise funds to place wreaths on the headstones of veterans laid to rest at local Bluffton cemeteries to ensure those individuals who served to protect the freedoms of our country will never be forgotten and to bring the community together in a patriotic commemoration.

Together we can make a difference by purchasing wreaths at $17 each.  A portion of this money will be returned to the Post for our projects.  You may log onto the Post website www.alpost205.org for the connection to Wreaths Across America for online orders or print the attached form and mail it with a check to Post 205.  Online registration ends November 30, 2022 and the mail-in form must get to Post 205 by November 11, 2022.
Any questions contact Don Dawson @ (202) 355-3029.
 Have you purchased your Wreath for Veterans yet?  If not and you are planning on supporting our Post in the Wreath program, please bring a check to our meeting on December 1st or go online to the Post 205 website www.alpost205.org to place your order.  They are $17 each. The Post will receive $5 for every wreath purchased.  Time is running out, don’t delay!  We will have forms available at the meeting.  Thanks for your support!  If you have any questions, again please call Don Dawson @ (202) 355-3029.
Enclosed you will find the R
egistration Form to pay by check by November 11, 2023 or on-line using a credit card----->

Update 12-17-2023: On December 16, 2023, Don Dawson led his hardy crew of "Wreath Elves" to Bluffton area Cemeteries to place Wreaths Across America wreaths on veteran graves. The cloudy weather and the few sprinkles did not dampen the spirits of all who participated.











Any questions contact Don Dawson @ (202) 355-3029.

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The Story

Wreaths Across America History
In 1992, the Worcester Wreath company in Harrington, Maine, had a surplus at the end of the Christmas holiday season. Recalling a boyhood trip to Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia, company founder Morrill Worcester donated to the cemetery 5,000 wreaths to honor the cemetery's dead, with the help of volunteers and a local trucking company. After thirteen years of similar donations, in 2005 a photo of snowy gravestones covered with wreaths at the cemetery received widespread circulation on the internet. Thousands of people called Worcester, wanting to replicate the wreath-laying service at their own veteran cemeteries. At the end of 2006, Worcester's company supplied wreaths to over 230 state and national cemeteries and veterans monuments across the country. Over 150 different locations simultaneously held ceremonies with Arlington's. Additionally, the project had its first "Veterans Honor Parade" with "Patriot Guard Riders" who escorted the wreaths from Maine to the cemetery. The parade, which is held each year, now visits schools, monuments, veterans' homes, and communities along its route.

 Wreaths Across Americastarted as a simple gesture of thanks that has grown into a national movement of dedicated volunteers and communities coming together to not only remember the nation’s fallen and honor their service, but to teach the next generation about the sacrifices made for us to live freely. This year, there will be more than 2,500 participating locations placing wreaths on National Wreaths Across America Day – Saturday, Dec. 16,2023 – with more than two million volunteers coming together.

Join the American Post 205 by purchasing Wreaths that will be placed at Beaufort National Cemetery and three Bluffton cemetaries . Cost is $17 for each wreath and the American Legion Post 205 receives $5 for each wreath purchased to be used for Legion projects.                                                                                                             

Purchase your wreaths online at: wreathsacrossamerica.org/SC0217P                                                                        if you wish to use a credit card. 

Or mail the attached form                                                                                   if you prefer to pay by check.  Online registration ends November 30, 2023 and the mail-in form and checks must be to the Legion before November 11, 2023.

​Wreaths placed at the Veterans Memorial 2022

Beaufort National Cemetery

Beaufort National Cemetery

Wreaths Across America 2019