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Join us on National Wreaths Across America Day
Saturday, December 17th, 2022Jacksonville National Cemetery
Text Donate
Use your smartphone to donate $15 and sponsor a wreath with the following code:
Text WREATH33 to 20222
Our Wreath Goal This Year:
Schedule of Events
Our 2022 Event will be a 1 day event without any of the prior
Covid restrictions we have had in the past!!!
Buses will begin at 8:00 am shuttling the general public from the offsite parking to JNC
(off site parking address listed at the bottom of this page).
If you have questions when you arrive at JNC please look
for anyone in an orange vest to ask for help.
Golf Carts will be available to transport the handicapped around the cemetery.
Saturday, December 17th, 2022
6:30 am
WAA Staff Arrives at JNC
7:00 am
Section Leaders Arrive at JNC, Check in, Get Orange Vest
Motorcycle Escort stages at Winn Dixie
550969 US-1, Hilliard, FL 32046 - MAP IT
8:00 am
Motorcycle escort and tractor trailers leave Hilliard heading to JNC
Arrival time to JNC for community groups and the general public helping with offloading and placing of wreaths
8:30 am
Motorcycle escort and tractor trailers arrive at JNC
Offloading and staging of wreaths by community members
10:30 am to 11:30 am
Families ONLY are invited to place wreaths for family members
11:30 am
“Let Freedom Sing” chorus begins at assembly area
11:55 am
Special Award Presentation
12:00 pm
Ceremony to begin with a Nationwide moment of silence at the JNC assembly area (THIS IS A NEW AREA FOR THE CEREMONY FROM PREVIOUS YEARS)
Ceremony begins after minute of silence
WAA Script is read and Placement of ceremonial wreaths
Families are invited to place wreaths
The general public is invited to place wreaths in every section.
Please dress for the weather!
If it has been raining prior to our event the ground will be wet and in some places muddy.
Wear the appropriate footwear. The weather can change!!!
It may be cold in the morning but by the afternoon it can be hot out there.
Please dress in layers.
BE THEIR WITNESS
About Wreaths Across America at The Jacksonville National Cemetery
Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, our mission to Remember, Honor and Teach is carried out by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as at more than 1,500 additional locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea and abroad.
Join us by sponsoring a veterans’ wreath at the Jacksonville National Cemetery, volunteering or donating to a local fundraising group.
The Event Location
Jacksonville National Cemetery
4083 Lannie Rd
Jacksonville, FL 32218
Event Parking
Event Parking will be at the
Anheuser-Busch Turf Plant
at the corner of Lem Turner and Lannie Road
16163 Lem Turner Rd, Jacksonville, FL 32218
Handicap Parking
Parking on JNC property is reserved only
for cars with a handicap placard.
Jacksonville National Cemetery
Wreaths Across America at the Jacksonville National Cemetery
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Thank You.
Wreaths Across America at the Jacksonville National Cemetery.
Our Great Sponsors
Thanks to our sponsors for making the Wreaths Across America at the Jacksonville National Cemetery event FREE to attend!
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