LAS VEGAS (KLAS) — Thousands of people made their way to Boulder City’s Southern Nevada Veterans Memorial Cemetery Saturday morning for the annual Wreaths Across America Day.
Nationwide, millions of wreaths are laid at the graves of America’s Veterans. Remembrance, honor, and teaching are the core values of Wreaths Across America and all three were witnessed in Boulder City as friends and families took the time to pay their respects.
Enough wreaths were laid to almost reach Boulder City’s entire population of more than 14,000.
The wreaths were laid by volunteers like Suzi Waltos who attended the event with the Daughters of the American Revolution — one of many groups uniting at the ceremony.
“We do this just to honor our veterans, our grandpas, our dads and sons and brothers and great grandfathers every year,” Waltos said. “It’s cool. It’s. You did something with your day, so it’s just thanking them and letting them know that they’re not forgotten.”
Overall, 12,084 wreaths were placed to honor those laid to rest in Boulder City. Before the wreaths were laid, the grave markers were cleaned throughout the week by volunteers and veterans like Jimmy DePew of US Vets and The Mission Continues.
“It’s awesome because there’s so much community of what we want for veterans support,” DePew said. “I want all these people to understand why they’re here and what our heroes, you know, lay their lives down for us, for them and their families. So it’s good to see kids out here, too.”
