More veterans honored with wreaths on their graves This year, volunteers placed 414 wreaths on veterans' graves in eight Minnesota cemeteries, and they hope to add three more cemeteries in the future Written By: Nancy Vogt | × Lesa McQuaid (left), who recently moved to Pequot Lakes from California, checks a list as her niece, Cassidy Chaney, and sister, Melissa Chaney, both of Nisswa, hang a wreath on veteran Floyd W. Nickel's grave Saturday, Dec. 5, in the Pequot Lakes City Cemetery. Nancy Vogt / Echo Journal PEQUOT LAKES, Minn. — This holiday season, 414 green evergreen wreaths with bright red bows adorn veterans’ graves in eight Pequot Lakes area cemeteries, all because one local woman believed all veterans should be honored as her husband is.