Wreaths Across America Advances Its Mission To Hawaii To Recogize Service In The Pacific
Wreaths Across America to Host Hawaii Ceremony and Ceremonial Wreath Placements in Honor of the 75th Anniversary of the WWII Pacific Landings
Wreaths Across America Advances Its Mission To Hawaii To Recogize Service In The Pacific
"Punchbowl Crater"
National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific
WWII Pacific Cemetery Map
WWII Pacific Cemeteries
TSC challenge coin
Hawaii Challenge Coin
Maryknoll Cadet Squadron Civil Air Patrol cadets honored veterans laid to rest at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific during the 2018 Wreaths Across America ceremony.
Maryknoll Cadet Squadron, Hawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol, WAA 2018
Kona Composite Squadron, Hawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol, West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery, WAA 2019
Kona Composite Squadron, Hawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol, West Hawaii Veterans Cemetery, WAA 2019
Hickam Composite Squadron, Hawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol, Punchbowl, WAA 2019
Hickam Composite Squadron, Hawaii Wing Civil Air Patrol, Punchbowl, WAA 2019
Wreaths Across America (WAA) and the Governor of Hawaii are pleased to announce the expansion of the WAA mission to Hawaii in honor of those that served and sacrificed in the Pacific. WAA will present three Ceremonial Wreath placements in honor of the 75th anniversary of the WWII Pacific Landings.
WAA’s mission of REMEMBER-HONOR-TEACH extends to our veterans, military and their families for all conflicts. As such, the Korean-Vietnam Memorial at the State Capitol in Honolulu was chosen as the site for WAA’s Ceremony to be held on Wednesday, Dec. 4, 2019, at 11am HST. Following the Capitol Ceremony, the WAA-Texas volunteer team will place another ceremonial wreath at the National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific (“Punchbowl” Crater) at 2pm HST. Just as WAA was selected to present a Ceremonial Wreath as part of the 75th anniversary at the National D-Day Memorial in Bedford, VA (6 Jun 19), we were invited to present one for the Pearl Harbor Day Commemoration Ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 7, beginning at 7:45am HST.
This year (2019) is the 75th anniversary of key World War II battles. Last December, WAA placed live balsam fir veterans’ wreaths on all of the 9,387 headstones at Normandy American Cemetery in France in memory of D-Day (6 Jun 1944). This November 30th, WAA will place wreaths on all of the 5,073 veteran graves at American Cemetery in Luxembourg, in honor the 75th anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge (16 Dec 1944). On December 1st, at the Netherlands America Cemetery and Memorial, 8,291 of the veterans resting there will be remembered with wreath placements.
The timing of this announcement recognizes the 75th anniversary of the landings of U.S. forces at Leyte, Philippines (20 Oct 1944). Leyte is where General Douglas MacArthur waded ashore, saying “I have returned.” The Battle of Leyte Gulf, which followed (23-26 Oct 1944), was the largest naval battle in history, involving over 200,000 combatants, resulting in the defeat of the Imperial Japanese Navy.
The WAA Ceremonial Wreaths that will be presented in Hawaii are made of live balsam fir and will be shipped from Maine. They are the same design as the Ceremonial Wreaths that will be placed at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery on National Wreaths Across America Day,
which will be held this year on Saturday, Dec. 14, at more than 1,700 participating locations nationwide. Locally, a Wreaths Across America Day event will be held at the Punchbowl starting at 8 am HST, with wreath placements to follow. Please visit wreathsacrossamerica.org/HINMCP for more information and/or sponsor a $15 wreath to be placed during the event.
Volunteers from the WAA-Texas State House Ceremony are very appreciative of the support from the Hawaii Governor’s office, the Veterans Administration-National Cemetery Administration and the National Park Service, with a special MAHALO to their fellow WAA volunteers in Hawaii.
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Did you know that Wreaths Across America now offers recurring sponsorships? You can select the occurrence and cancel or pause anytime! Register now by completing this form! (https://tinyurl.com/n735zrbr)
What does it mean to sponsor a wreath? It means you are supporting a yearlong mission to Remember the fallen, Honor those who serve, and Teach the next generation the value of freedom. Your sponsorship will support the new and existing programs developed to share the mission. And, it will place a wreath to honor an American hero at one of more than 3,700 participating locations this year on National Wreaths Across America Day – a day set aside to lay gathers as Americans with the same goal.
We can’t do that without your support, though. Your sponsorship will ensure a hand-crafted wreath of all-American balsam and hand-tied with a red velvet bow here in Columbia Falls, Maine. It will then be sent to one of our participating locations, where a volunteer will place it on the marker of a hero. That volunteer will then “say their name” to ensure that the legacy of duty, service, and sacrifice is never forgotten.
So, what does it mean to sponsor a wreath? It means you have the opportunity to join a grateful nation in saying “thank you” to those who stepped up to serve.
*Please Note: Specific locations designated as "ceremonial-only" accept a limited number of sponsorships. Any additional sponsorships received beyond those used for the ceremony will be distributed to other locations.