A chilly, rainy day failed to stop the Springfield High School JROTC cadets from participating in the annual Wreaths Across America effort on December 18.
The cadets laid wreaths at the gravesites of veterans interred at Springfield Township Cemetery.
The cemetery is among more than 3,100 locations throughout the United States honoring veterans.
Above, 1st Sergeant Rickey Thomas places a wreath at the grave of David Watkins.
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992.
The organization’s mission–Remember, Honor, Teach–is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as at thousands of veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.
