Photo Gallery: Remembering Veterans During the Holiday Season

Wreaths Across America is an annual tradition that grew out of the efforts of Morrill Worcester, of Worcester Wreath. Worcester donated 5,000 Christmas wreaths in 1992 to be laid at the graves of veterans buried in Arlington National Cemetery in Virginia.

East Windsor Saturday was one of more than 600 locations to participate in the annual Wreaths Across America ceremony this year. It was the fourth time that the East Windsor Veterans Commission has sponsored the event at the East Windsor Veterans Cemetery in the Windsorville section of town.

Participants in the ceremony included members of American Legion Post #40 posting the colors, master of ceremonies Ernie Teixeira, Rev. Tom Caldron blessing the wreaths.

Speakers included: First Selectwoman Denise Menard; State Rep. Christoper Davis; Martha Cotiaux, of the Daughters of the American Revolution; and Bob West, a Vietnam Veteran. Flo Lockwood led participants in singing the National Anthem and trumpeters Timothy Sauerhoefer and Wayne Osborn played Taps.