Members of both the Michael Trebert Chapter of the Daughters of the American Revolution and the New Dungeness Chapter DAR participated last week in the 6th Annual Wreaths Across America, a national initiative to remember fallen veterans, honor those who served and teach the next generation the value of freedom.
The wreaths arrived from Lakewood by truck on Thursday, Dec. 11 after originating in Maine, with a motorcycle and police escort from Blyn to Port Angeles. On Saturday, Dec. 13, wreaths were laid on the graves of veterans at cemeteries across the Peninsula — Sequim View Cemetery, Oceanview Cemetery, Mount Angeles Memorial Park, Blue Mountain Cemetery, Gardiner Cemetery and Forks Area Cemetery.
Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth/ Veterans and volunteers wait to begin laying wreaths on the graves of veterans at Sequim View Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 13 as part of the annual Wreaths Across America. The New Dungeness Chapter, National Society Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) spearheaded a ceremony featuring Boy Scouts from Troop 90. Seated from left to right are Chief Warrant Officer 2 Alan Morris, U.S. Army; Third Mate Stan Smith, U.S. Merchant Marines; BMC Casey McDonald, U.S. Coast Guard (retired); Col. Joseph Lazzaro, U.S. Air Force, retired; Lt. Col. Daryl Knuth, U.S. Air Force,, retired; Capt. Rich Havel, U.S. Navy, retired; Col. Tom Johnson, U.S. Marine Corps, retired; and PFC Emma Rorie, U.S. Army.
Sequim Gazette photo by Monica Berkseth/ Anita Reynolds, New Dungeness Chapter DAR regent, carries wreaths for placement on veterans’ graves at Sequim View Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 13 as part of the Wreaths Across America national initiative.
