Air Force Association

Air Force Association Gabriel Chapter #433

When

Saturday, December 14, 2019 from 8:00 AM to 1:00 PM EST
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Where

Arlington National Cemetery 
Arlington, VA 22211  

 
 

Contact

Mike Winters 
AFA Gabriel Chapter #433 
703-409-7474 
va433.gabriel@afa.org 
 

Air Force Association Gabriel Chapter #433   Notification

 

"Wreaths Across America"
Arlington National Cemetery

December 14, 2019

The AFA Gabriel Chapter encourages your participation in the "Wreaths Across America" at Arlington National Cemetery (ANC) in Arlington, VA.  On that day, wreath laying teams will place a wreath on each grave to show respect for our veterans buried there. 

If you want to place wreaths, please attend with the public volunteer group that arrives in the morning.  You can bring family members as well.  The ANC gates will open at 8:00am, and the opening ceremony will take place at the McClellan Gate starting at 8:30am.  The wreath placement will also begin at this time.  Wreath placement will begin no later than 9:00am.

There will be an AFA team led by Mr. Pat Rocke, one of our members, who is AFA's Truck Crew Chief.  He will be working with a crew of 10 volunteers to disperse wreaths to volunteers who will place them on grave stones with a mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach. Individuals who want to support the crew in handing out wreaths (not placing wreaths) should register via the "Register Now" link below.

To work with the AFA truck (#33), please enter at 8:00 with the volunteer crowds, and come to the AFA  truck ASAP.  It will take 15-20 minutes to walk from the Arlington Cemetery Metro, and you will have thousands of people to dodge.

Truck 33 will be located on Roosevelt Dr near the intersection with Wilson Ave.  The map (see below) shows the AFA truck location, and the area AFA will be covering.  The AFA location is one street over from our usual spot, and are near the memorial amphitheater and at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.  If you need a specific location near the truck, it is near "Tombe de Joe Louis Barrow", which is the burial site of Joe Louis the boxer, who was in the Army.
 


Wreath pickup day is in mid-January 2020 for the removal of the wreaths.  A separate email will be sent for that event.

More information about this event can be found at link:

Arlington National Cemetery

The timeline for the public volunteer group will be confirmed later, but most likely is:

* 0800 - ANC main gates open
* 0830 - Opening ceremony
* 0830 - Trucks open
* Till 1300 - Completion of Wreath Delivery & Cleanup

If you attend, please register,  It will help us track member attendance.  

To register, please click on the "Register Now!" link below.