16-12-2017 Wreaths Across America - MNG-Vacaville

16-12-2017 Wreaths Across America

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Samuel Stewart of Sacramento pauses after placing a wreath on the headstone of his father who is buried at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery during the Wreaths Across America Ceremony Saturday in Dixon. The annual wreath laying event that started at Arlington National Cemetery over twenty years ago and has spread to veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.
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Several thousand people who came to the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery, Saturday to place 20,000 wreaths on headstones during the annual wreath laying event that started at Arlington National Cemetery over twenty years ago and has spread to veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states.
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Sophia Schulz, 9 of Brentwood (left) huddles on the lap of her aunt, Laura Mungo of Granite Bay as her sister, Adrianna, 6 sits with their grandmother, Carol Schulz of San Jose as they listen to speeches during the Wreaths Across America Ceremonies Saturday at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon.
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Members of the California Society of the Sons of the American Revolution and the California State Color Guard present the colors at the beginning of the Wreaths Across America Ceremony at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon on Saturday.

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Jasmyne Krystek, 5 of Vacaville places a wreath on a headstone at the Sacramento Valley National Cemetery in Dixon, California on Saturday, as he participates in Wreaths Across America.