On December 15 members of the Knoxville Patriot Guard Riders (PGR) and the Christian Motorcyclist Association (CMA) joined the nationwide project "Wreaths Across America" to honored our fallen Veterans by placing seven Christmas wreaths at each of Knoxville’s two veteran’s cemeteries; one wreath each for the Army, Air Force, Navy, Marines, Coast Guard, National Guard, and POW/MIAs.
Ceremonies were carried out simultaneously at each cemetery and featured speeches, bagpipes, bugles, and ROTC honor guards. Local news anchor Alan Williams was the keynote speaker at the National Cemetery, while Knox County Mayor Ragsdale spoke at the East Tennessee Veterans Cemetery.
It was my honor to attended the ceremony at the National Cemetery as part of the rifle squad that delivered the 21 gun salute. Members from each of the armed services placed their wreath, and former POW Bill Robinson placing the wreath for our POW/MIAs.
Photo provided by Norm Burns.
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