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Volunteers lay wreaths for veterans at Clifton cemeteries

  • Veterans Ricky Richards and Ken Thompson (from left) held wreaths up on stands as the Rev. Mary Gean Cope prayed for the healing of veterans and their families during the Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday, December 17, at Clifton Cemetery. Location coordinator Kathy Harr led the ceremony, which she noted was among of 3,679 other ceremonies happening across America that morning. Nathan Diebenow | The Clifton Record
    Veterans Ricky Richards and Ken Thompson (from left) held wreaths up on stands as the Rev. Mary Gean Cope prayed for the healing of veterans and their families during the Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday, December 17, at Clifton Cemetery. Location coordinator Kathy Harr led the ceremony, which she noted was among of 3,679 other ceremonies happening across America that morning. Nathan Diebenow | The Clifton Record
  • Dr. Christian Aars played “Taps” during a Wreaths Across America ceremony at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Norse on Saturday, December 17. Courtesy Photo By Marvin Grelle
    Dr. Christian Aars played “Taps” during a Wreaths Across America ceremony at Our Savior’s Lutheran Church in Norse on Saturday, December 17. Courtesy Photo By Marvin Grelle
Volunteers honored veterans by laying wreaths on their gravesites across southern Bosque County on Saturday, December 17. The wreath-laying ceremony at Clifton Cemetery alone drew over 100 participants on the sunny yet chilly morning. Kathy Harr, a volunteer location coordinator for Wreaths Across America, estimated that volunteers placed around 750 wreaths at gravesites across three Clifton…

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