Wreaths Across America ceremonies planned for Saturday
Members of the public are invited to help place Christmas wreaths this weekend at the graves of veterans.
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Members of the public are invited to help place Christmas wreaths this weekend at the graves of veterans.
The Leavenworth Times The remains of a Medal of Honor recipient who died in 1884 will be relocated to the Leavenworth National Cemetery during a ceremony Friday morning. Army Sgt. Robert McPhelan will be reburied with full military honors. The ceremony will not be open to the public. But Michelle Cebe is inviting people to line up along the route for the procession that will travel from R.L. Leintz Funeral Home to Leavenworth National Cemetery. “Bring American flags and salute him,” Cebe said. Cebe is the coordinator for the Wreaths Across America program at Leavenworth National Cemetery....
After finding the grave of Army Sgt. Robert McPhelan in the paupers' section of a Kansas cemetery, family and organizers will re-inter his remains at a national cemetery.