Wreaths Across America

Please join us in honoring our fallen veterans on Saturday December 14, 2024 @ 11:00 am at the Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery.

             In 1992, the Worcester Wreath Company began a tradition of placing remembrance wreaths on the headstones of our nation’s fallen heroes at Arlington National Cemetery during the holidays. This annual tribute continued solely for Arlington until The Wreaths Across America (WAA) nonprofit was established in 2007 and expanded to honor all veterans buried in cemeteries across our United States. Thousands of volunteers participate annually to help raise funds and by laying remembrance wreaths at the base of white headstones throughout the country during December.

Our mission is to REMEMBER the lives and sacrifices of our fallen veterans, HONOR all who serve and their families and TEACH the younger generations about the cost of those freedoms they enjoy every day.  At the Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery (MTSVC), an approximately 30 minute tribute ceremony, is held in the enclosed rotunda/chapel on the hill overlooking the cemetery. This service is open to the public. Upon completion, volunteers lay a remembrance wreath at headstones throughout the cemetery. Fundraising to purchase wreaths is a major challenge each year, as unfortunately, new headstones are added each day. Our wreath need is ever increasing. Remembrance wreaths must be sponsored or purchased by November 26, 2024.

Remembrance wreaths cost $17 each and may be purchased online or by check. Our local, Friends & Family Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery sponsorship group, has a unique code (TN0080) assigned by WAA that provides a third wreath free for every two sponsored. To sponsor wreaths online either use the QR Code below or please go to our website http://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/TN0080  Payment may also be made by check payable to “Wreaths Across America” with “TN0080” on the memo line and mail to: 91 Appleton Road, Five Points, TN 38457. And a final option is to sponsor a wreath by texting “WREATH24” to 20222 with your cell phone. 

Sponsoring designated wreaths for a specific veteran/grave may be done online by choosing “Grave Specific” in more options when ordering. If you have any issues navigating the website, please contact Gino Giambelluca via email at gene3fan@yahoo.com , by home phone (931) 556-2340 or call/text (931) 242-7931. If purchasing with a check, just include a note with the veteran’s name as it appears on the headstone and location in the cemetery.

Please do not contact the cemetery directly for information about Wreaths Across America. All questions or concerns should be directed to Amanda Brown, WAA Location Coordinator and solely responsible for the program.

           Ceremony held at:  

Middle Tennessee State Veterans Cemetery (MTSVC)  

    7931 McCrory Lane, Nashville, Tennessee 37221  (615) 532-2238                  

 Point of Contact:      Amanda Brown / abrownwaatn@gmail.com  (918) 808-2779 cell

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