Your team is encouraged to come out at 8 AM if they want to welcome the wreaths or just to the ceremony at 11. It will be in the same location as last year, but the wreaths will be placed near the front of the cemetery this year.
SCHEDULE:
0715: Waste containers/stage set-up off of East 26th Street, near the rear cemetery entrance.
0800-0820: In conjunction with Arkansas Run for the Fallen, Arkansas Patriot Guard Riders and Rolling Thunder Chapter 1 AR, a flag line will be held to welcome the truck convoy bringing the wreaths. Briefing for the flag line will begin at 0820.
0830-0850: Flag line in place
0850-0900: Wreath convoy arrives at parking lot escorted by State Police, motorcycles and LEOs
0900-1045: Wreaths stationed on curbsides in sections “14, 15, 15A, 16, 17 and 18.” All boxes and trash will need to be policed up prior to 1045.
1100 Wreath Ceremony begins
PARKING:
Prior to 0830, you may park at the END of East 26th Street in the reserved parking lot. See attached picture.
You will NOT be allowed to park on East 26th Street because we need all the room we can get, for the trucks. After the trucks arrive, the road will be blocked off and you will have to park near Kroger and walk towards the back of the cemetery where the ceremony will be held this year.
Also for safety reasons, the cemetery roads will be closed to vehicular traffic prior to, and during the event.
As you arrive at the cemetery, you may notice some wreaths already placed on headstones. These are NOT live wreaths; therefore, they do not represent Wreaths Across America. They have either been brought out by family or another group. Wreaths Across America only places fresh balsam wreaths which will be placed AFTER the ceremony.
Volunteers are asked to stand in the flag line as the convoy arrives. After the trucks park, volunteers will then go to the predetermined sections to unload the wreaths from the utility trailers, unpack the wreaths and place them next to th