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Welcome to the Chestnut Grove Cemetery's Wreaths Across America Page.
On December 14, 2024 at 12:00 pm (Wreath Placement Immediately Following Ceremony), Wreaths Across America will be at Chestnut Grove Cemetery to Remember and Honor our veterans through the laying of Remembrance wreaths on the graves of our country's fallen heroes and the act of saying the name of each and every veteran aloud.
Please help our location lay wreaths at as many graves as possible by clicking the red "Sponsor" button. Or, if you would like to volunteer to participate in the wreath laying ceremony, please click the “Volunteer” button next to the cemetery name below, and don't forget to click the "Invite" button to invite your friends and family to join you.
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VACGCH - Chestnut Grove Cemetery 831 Dranesville Rd Herndon, VA 20170, United States
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December 14, 2024 at 12:00 pm (Wreath Placement Immediately Following Ceremony)
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Directions to Cemetery
The cemetery is located at 831 Dranesville Road, Herndon, VA. Navigation systems do an adequate job finding the cemetery. Entrance into the cemetery will be from Dranesville Road only on the day of the ceremony. When you arrive, you will be directed to a specific parking spot. Please note that due to safety concerns, once you park in the cemetery, you will not be able to leave until the ceremony and the placement of the wreaths is complete. Vehicles will be directed to exit the cemetery onto Herndon Parkway only. Overflow parking and parking for those who may need to leave before the event is over is available across Dranesville Road at Herndon High School (700 Bennett Street).
Parking Instructions
Parking on-site at the cemetery is limited, so CARPOOLING IS STRONGLY RECOMMENDED! Enter from the Dranesville Road entrance (831 Dranesville Road) and you will be directed to available parking. Please note that the Herndon Parkway entrance will be closed on Saturday prior to the ceremony. Additional parking is available across the street from the cemetery at Herndon High School (700 Bennett Street). If you may need to leave before the ceremony and wreath laying are complete, please park at the high school, since for safety reasons, cars will not be permitted to exit the cemetery while the event is in progress.
Ceremony and Volunteer Information
Thank you for your interest in attending Chestnut Grove Cemetery’s Wreaths Across America ceremony at noon on Saturday, December 17, 2022, as we REMEMBER our fallen U.S. Veterans, HONOR those serve, and TEACH our children the value of freedom. Following a brief ceremony, we invite you to join us in placing wreaths on the graves of the approximately 925 U.S. veterans buried at Chestnut Grove. The following provides important information related to Saturday’s event. Please read carefully! Additionally, if you registered for a group of attendees, please share this information with all members of your group so they are prepared for the event.
Cemetery/Ceremony Location – The cemetery is located at 831 Dranesville Road in Herndon, VA. Please enter the cemetery from the Dranesville Road entrance. To improve traffic flow and safety, the Herndon Parkway entrance will be closed until the ceremony and wreath laying has ended. The ceremony will be held on the hillside opposite the cemetery office, at the back of the cemetery to the right of the cemetery entrance road.
Crowds – At last check, close to 1000 people had registered to attend the event, so please plan accordingly and allow sufficient time for parking and walking to the ceremony location.
COVID/Flu Precautions – If you are feeling ill (fever, coughing, difficulty breathing, chills, or other flu-like symptoms) or have tested positive for COVID in the last 10 days, please take care of yourself and stay home this year. We wish you a speedy recovery and hope to see you in 2023!
Parking – refer to the "Parking Instructions" tab of this web page. PLEASE CARPOOL if you can due to the limited parking and large crowds expected.
Weather – The current weather forecast for Saturday is cloudy and chilly (low-40s). The event will be held rain or shine, so dress accordingly. There is no rain date.
Restrooms – Please be aware that there are no public restrooms at the cemetery!
Wreath laying process –
To ensure that all volunteers have the opportunity to participate, please take only one wreath at a time. Herndon Woman’s Club volunteers will be handing out the wreaths. Please be patient and do not help yourselves to the wreath boxes!
If you are attending with young children, please consider taking a single wreath at a time for your group, using it as a teaching moment as you place the wreath as a group, thank the veteran by name, and talk about what a veteran is and how they have given us the freedoms we enjoy today.
Wreaths will be distributed throughout the various sections of the cemetery and have been carefully counted for each section. Please do not take wreaths from one section to another section! You should generally not have to cross a roadway to place a wreath – it should be placed within the same section where it was received.
Wreaths will be hung on stakes that have been placed at each veteran’s gravesite. Do not leave a wreath at a gravesite that does not have a stake. All wreaths were sponsored specifically for a veteran’s grave. They are not yours to take outside the cemetery or to place at a non-veteran’s grave.
Wreaths should be placed on the stakes with both prongs of the stake securely speared into the top of the wreath. Note that the red bow should be placed at the top of the wreath.
In support of the Wreaths Across America mission to Remember, Honor, and Teach, as you place each wreath, please take a moment to reflect on the veteran’s service to our county and the sacrifices he or she has made for us. Please say their names out loud and thank them for their service so that their names and legacies live on for future generations.
Please remember throughout the wreath laying process that we are in a cemetery – a place of honor, respect, and peace. Please refrain from running and yelling. Additionally, since this is a public cemetery and friends/family may be visiting loved ones during the event, please be respectful of their visit and give them space and quiet to visit with their loved one.
Due to the large crowds expected, it is possible that we will have more volunteers wanting to place a wreath than the number of wreaths to be placed. If this occurs, please still take the opportunity to pause at a veteran’s grave, say their name aloud, and thank them for their service. While we only have one wreath per veteran, there are no limits on the number of times we can honor and thank each of our veterans!
Questions – should you have any questions, please send an email to wreaths@herndonwomansclub.org and we will make every effort to get back to you.
Again, thank you for your participation in Wreaths Across America and for your support of our veterans!
Local Groups Supporting Us
VA0143P - Herndon Woman's Club
Welcome to VA0143P - Herndon Woman's Club! Our location Sponsorship Group is proud to support Chestnut Grove Cemetery and to help honor and remember as many veterans as possible. Please click "View" to learn more about our effort and then click "Volunteer" to join us for National Wreaths Across America Day. Thank you so much!
Team Leidos
Welcome to Team Leidos! Our location Sponsorship Group is proud to support Arlington National Cemetery and to help honor and remember as many veterans as possible. Please click "View" to learn more about our effort and then click "Volunteer" to join us for National Wreaths Across America Day. Thank you so much!
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Did you know that Wreaths Across America now offers recurring sponsorships? You can select the occurrence and cancel or pause anytime! Register now by completing this form! (https://tinyurl.com/n735zrbr)
What does it mean to sponsor a wreath? It means you are supporting a yearlong mission to Remember the fallen, Honor those who serve, and Teach the next generation the value of freedom. Your sponsorship will support the new and existing programs developed to share the mission. And, it will place a wreath to honor an American hero at one of more than 3,700 participating locations this year on National Wreaths Across America Day – a day set aside to lay gathers as Americans with the same goal.
We can’t do that without your support, though. Your sponsorship will ensure a hand-crafted wreath of all-American balsam and hand-tied with a red velvet bow here in Columbia Falls, Maine. It will then be sent to one of our participating locations, where a volunteer will place it on the marker of a hero. That volunteer will then “say their name” to ensure that the legacy of duty, service, and sacrifice is never forgotten.
So, what does it mean to sponsor a wreath? It means you have the opportunity to join a grateful nation in saying “thank you” to those who stepped up to serve.
*Please Note: Specific locations designated as "ceremonial-only" accept a limited number of sponsorships. Any additional sponsorships received beyond those used for the ceremony will be distributed to other locations.