Sponsor a Wreath on a Veteran's Grave With the Lewis & Clark Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution and Wreaths Across America.

Beaverton, OR - May 7, 2016 - The Lewis and Clark Chapter of the Sons of the American Revolution this year has signed up with Wreaths Across America (WAA) to sell wreaths to be placed on veteran’s graves at Willamette National Cemetery on December 17, 2016.

The kick off program was from 10-11:30 pm on Saturday, May 7 at the Beaverton Resource Center, 12500 SW Allen Blvd., Beaverton, Oregon. The ceremony began with the posting of the colors by the Lewis and Clark Color Guard dressed in their Revolutionary War uniforms. 

The program began with the unveiling of the Lewis & Clark’s newly designed Sons of the American Revolution Information Booth which travels to most Color Guard events. The booth is used to inform the public about the Sons of the American Revolution and their “Patriotic, Historical and Educational” goals.

Help us remember and honor our veterans laid to rest all over the country.

 “The goal of our ‘Sponsor a Wreath on a Veteran’s Grave’ program is to help in the WAA pledge that no veteran is ever forgotten and every fallen hero’s grave would be honored by a grateful nation,” said Compatriot Michael Tieman, L&C chapter secretary and program chairman.  “The second part of our commitment is that the chapter has volunteered to place the wreaths on veteran’s graves at Willamette National Cemetery on the National Wreaths Across America Day, December 17. Also, if you have or know a vet buried at Willamette, and know the exact plot, you can sponsor a wreath through us and we will lay it on their grave for you.”

There are three ways you can “Sponsor a Wreath on a Veteran’s Grave” for only $15 per wreath through The Lewis & Clark Chapter. First, you can sponsor a wreath to be laid on any veteran’s grave at Willamette National Cemetery, secondly on a specific veteran’s grave and you can place it yourself or the chapter will place it for you. Finally you can sponsor a wreath for a grave at any of the National Cemeteries across the nation.  The chapter is giving 100% of their profits to The American Revolutionary War Memorial Fund. The memorial is to be located at the Beaverton Memorial Park.

To sponsor a wreath or for more information you can go to our website at www.orlcsar.org and click on the “Monuments” link in the left hand column.

Last year Wreaths Across America (WAA), along with over 70,000 volunteers placed remembrance wreaths on 240,815 headstones at Arlington National Cemetery – every grave and the columbarium In total, through their “Sponsor a Wreath” program over 901,000 remembrance wreaths were placed nationwide at over 1,100 locations on National Wreaths Across America Day.