By George L. Wellman
Volunteers with the Wreaths Across America Organization stopped at the Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery on Saturday morning, 10 December 2011. They placed their allocation of wreaths at headstones in Sections D and G of the cemetery. These sections are the final resting place for Union soldiers who died in 1862 and 1863 during the Civil War.
The Soldiers’ and Airmen’s Home National Cemetery is located at21 Harewood Road Northwest,Washington,DC. Take a moment out of your holiday schedule and visit this historic cemetery. The cemetery is within walking distance to President Lincoln’s Cottage at the Soldiers’ Home.
Mr. Wellman is a resident at the Soldiers’ Home.
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