National nonprofit Wreaths Across America announced that Minturn Riverview Cemetery in Minturn, Sunset View Cemetery in Eagle and Cedar Hill Memorial Cemetery in Gypsum have once again joined in the effort to support the mission.
The 10th Mountain Chapter of the National Society Daughters of the American Revolution announced has chosen to support Wreaths Across America participating locations Minturn Riverview Cemetery, Sunset View Cemetery in Eagle, Cedar Hills Memorial Cemetery.
Lorraine Vasquez places a wreath for her father Amadeo Gonzales, who served in World War II, during the Wreaths Across America Saturday in Gypsum. The event took place at more than 2,500 locations across the country, including Eagle and Gypsum as well.
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Several members of Eagle County resident Mary Ann Baker’s family are buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.
Her father, Edmund Koehler Daley Jr., fought for the U.S. Army in the Korean and Vietnam wars. When she saw his grave wrapped in a wreath, surrounded by thousands of others similarly decorated, the image stuck with her.