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Location Information
323 N King Street NW
Leesburg, VA 20176, United States
Click here for the Leesburg Union Cemetery Page
Directions to Cemetery
IDA LEE RECREATION CENTER:
From the west, take the West Market Street (Business Rt. 7) exit from Route 7. Follow it to North King Street and turn left on Route 15 North. From Route 15, turn left into Ida Lee Recreation Center and follow Ida Lee Drive to the end. Park in the outermost spaces of recreation center. You can easily access the back gate of the cemetery through the library parking lot.
Parking Instructions
Please follow the parking recommendations below. Unless someone in your group has limited mobility or special needs, please do not park within the cemetery grounds.
Volunteers:
- Sides of Old Waterford Road at the back of the cemetery;
- Rust Library,
- Ida Lee Recreation Center
Special Needs Parking ONLY is on the cemetery perimeter road near the chapel.
Ceremony and Volunteer Information
There will be a short information session at 11:20 a.m., prior to the start of the ceremony. We will form the Honor Circle at 11:30 a.m. where you are encouraged to call out the name of service personnel to Remember and Honor them.
The Leesburg Civil Air Patrol Composite Squadron Honor Guard will present the colors at 12:00 p.m.
Once the Honor Guard has retired the colors and Taps is played, you will be dismissed to collect your wreath from a Civil Air Patrol cadet and place it at a veteran's headstone. After you place the wreath, you'll say their name out loud and honor them with a moment of silence.
Our Locations
VAUNCL - Leesburg Union Cemetery
Welcome to Wreaths Across America at Union Cemetery and thank you deeply for helping us with our goal to honor as many veterans as possible on Wreaths Across America Day, Saturday, December 14, 2024 (Wreath Placement Immediately Following Ceremony) at 11:30 a.m.. Please click "View" to learn more about our effort or to volunteer to help or click "Sponsor" to purchase wreaths that will be laid on the graves of our fallen heroes by our loyal volunteers.