WAKEENEY – U.S. Senator Jerry Moran (R-Kan.) today announced that he will speak at the Wreaths Across America Ceremony in WaKeeney on Saturday, December 16.

Following remarks, Sen. Moran and participants will lay wreaths on graves at the Kansas Veterans’ Cemetery. The national wreath-laying event will take place at thousands of cemetery locations worldwide and each of the four state veteran cemeteries in Kansas – Fort Dodge, Fort Riley, WaKeeney and Winfield.

The 12th annual Wreaths Across America ceremony at the Kansas Veterans Cemetery in WaKeeney, 403 S. 13th, will be held tomorrow at 11 a.m.

The specially-made wreaths for Army, Marines, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Merchant Marines and POW/MIA veterans will be placed during the ceremony.

Family members have the opportunity following the ceremony to place a wreath on their loved one’s grave. If family members are unable to attend, the American Legion Riders and other volunteers will place the wreaths on those graves.

For more information, call Cemetery Manager Heidi Goff at (785) 743-5685.

This year marks the 26th anniversary of Worcester Wreath Company, Harrington, Maine, donating wreaths to adorn the headstones of the nation’s veterans at Arlington National Cemetery. In addition to wreaths destined for Virginia, Worcester Wreath will again donate seven ceremonial wreaths to more than 1,200 local, state, national and foreign cemeteries.