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HOOSICK FALLS, N.Y. â Dozens of community members gathered at Liberty Memorial Park inside Maple Grove Cemetery on Saturday, laying wreaths in remembrance of Hoosick citizens who served their country.
âThis park honors 103 men from the town of Hoosick who died in service to our country,â said Joyce Brewer, director of the Hoosick Township Historical Society. âThis park was built to have one place where everyone could come and honor all of these men, so that they would never be forgotten.â
All 103 crosses and headstones had a wreath placed nearby.
The wreath laying was part of a nationwide event â Wreaths Across America â where 1.7 million wreaths were placed on veteransâ headstones throughout all 50 states.