Ahead of Christmas, American Legion Post 242 places 1,144 wreaths on veterans' graves in Henrico
Temple Ancarrow, 70, came home the week after Christmas when his time in Vietnam was up. Almost 50 years later, he knows he was lucky. He made it back. In Henrico County on Saturday, the Sandston native and Army veteran stood among 1,144 veteran graves in neat rows in Seven Pines National Cemetery. Some of the headstones had names. Others had numbers. Some simply read âunknown soldier.â All of them got a wreath, placed by American Legion Post 242. The wreath-laying event hosted by the American Legion has taken place for the past four years. Chris Madison, American Legionâs seco...
Source: richmond.com