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Help support The Friends of Laurel Hill by making your wreath sponsorship through their fundraising page! For every wreath sponsored through this link https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/47144/Overview/?relatedId=47083, the Friends will receive $5 towards their Veteran Gravesite Fund. This fund helps place flag holders on marked veteran graves and procure headstones for unmarked veteran graves. 



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Location Information

PALHCP - Laurel Hill East
3822 Ridge Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19132, United States

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December 14, 2024 at 12:00 pm (Wreath Placement Immediately Following Ceremony)

Kat Bleiweiss, Rhonda Dimascio

Directions to Cemetery


The ceremony will take place in the courtyard of Laurel Hill East, which is located at 3822 Ridge Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19132.  Make sure GPS devices bring you to Ridge Avenue and not Hunting Park Avenue. The main entrance of the cemetery will be closed to vehicle traffic. Only pedestrians are allowed to enter through the main entrance. 


If you do come in from Hunting Park Avenue, you may park inside the cemetery and walk to the courtyard- the road leading to the courtyard will be coned off to vehicle traffic, but you may walk down it.


Free parking is available at the parking lot at 3747 Ridge Avenue and in the neighborhood surrounding the main entrance, with a short walk to the cemetery's main entrance. 


There will be 6 accessible parking spaces located directly across the street from the main entrance. 




Parking Instructions

The ceremony will take place in the courtyard of Laurel Hill East, which is located at 3822 Ridge Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19132. Make sure GPS devices bring you to Ridge Avenue and not Hunting Park Avenue. The main entrance of the cemetery will be closed to vehicle traffic. Only pedestrians are allowed to enter through the main entrance.

If you do come in from Hunting Park Avenue, you may park inside the cemetery and walk to the courtyard- the road leading to the courtyard will be coned off to vehicle traffic, but you may walk down it.

Free parking is available at the parking lot at 3747 Ridge Avenue and in the neighborhood surrounding the main entrance, with a short walk to the cemetery's main entrance.

There will be 6 accessible parking spaces located directly across the street from the main entrance. 

Ceremony and Volunteer Information

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us! 

Help us get wreath sponsorships and ensure that you and all the volunteers have an opportunity to lay several wreaths this year! Consider sponsoring a wreath yourself and spreading the word that The Friends of Laurel Hill are a Sponsorship Group and for every wreath sponsored specifically through their page, $5 will come back to the Friends and be put in the Veteran Gravesite Fund. 


The Friends of Laurel Hill fundraising page can be found by copying and pasting this link into your browser. https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/47144/Overview/?relatedId=47083 

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PA0377P - Independence Hall Chapter, NSDAR

Welcome to Independence Hall Chapter, NSDAR Sponsorship Group! Our Philadelphia, PA Sponsorship Group is proud to support the Laurel Hill Cemetery and Philadelphia National Cemetery. Please help us honor and remember as many veterans as possible. Click "View" to learn more about our effort and then click "Volunteer" to join us for the wreath laying ceremony planned for December 14th. Thank you so much!

Ferguson

Welcome to Ferguson! Our location Sponsorship Group is proud to support Wreaths Across America and to help honor and remember as many veterans as possible. Please click "View" to learn more about our effort and then click "Volunteer" to join us for National Wreaths Across America Day. Thank you so much!

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