United States Army Veteran Howard Williams, West Plains, Missouri placed their Ceremonial Wreath<br>

United States Army Ceremonial Wreath

United States Marine Corps Veteran Josh Young, Mtn. View, Missouri placed their Ceremonial Wreath<br>

United States Marine Corps

United States Navy Veteran, Lia Griffin, Eminence, Missouri places their Ceremonial Wreath<br>

United States Navy

United States Air Force Veteran, Keith Yarber, Summersville, Missouri placed their Ceremonial Wreath<br>

United States Air Force

United States Army Veteran Ron Evins, West Plains, Missouri, Disable American Veterans, places the United States Space Force Ceremonial Wreath<br>

United States Space Force

United States Coast Guard Veteran, Kent Breese, Mtn. View, Missouri placed their Ceremonial Wreath<br>

United States Coast Guard

Tim Eagleman, Caulfield, Missouri placed the United States Merchant Marines Ceremonial Wreath.&nbsp; His father, John C. Eagleman was a Merchant Marine.<br>

United States Merchant Marines

Becky Kirk Lott, West Plains, Missouri placed the POW/MIA Ceremonial Wreath.&nbsp; Her father, John T. Kirk, West Plains, Missouri was a POW for over four years during WWII.<br>

POW/MIA

<div align="left">Kelly Barnett, Mtn. View, Missouri and Jim and Cathy Lunyou, West Plains, Missouri, placing the Gold Star Mothers and Families Ceremonial Wreath.&nbsp; Barnett's son, Marine Staff Sgt Darin Taylor Hoover, was killed on August 26, 2021 in Kabul, Afghanistan. Lunyou's son Staff Sergeant Steven Lunyon was killed on September 20, 1988 at Bogota`, Colombia<br></div>

Gold Star Mothers and Families

Many family members of veterans buried at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery came to Honor and Remember their loved one and other's.<br>

A Veteran's loved ones at his grave remembering him.

Family members, Veterans and Volunteers gathered together to Remember - Honor - Teach <br>

Wreath placement

Many veterans from all Branchs of the Military attended to Remember - Honor - Teach&nbsp; <br>

Veterans Remembering

A young boy Remembers and Honors his grandfather by dressing in his uniform and placing a wreath on his grandfather's grave<br>

Young boy Honors

Mtn. View-Birch Tree student helping place wreaths.<br>

Brynlee Frazier helping place wreaths

Volunteers helping to get ready to pass out the wreaths.&nbsp; It takes a lot of people in all different roles to make everything happen.<br>

Getting ready

Irene Frazier, Mtn. View, placing her husband, Leroy Frazier's wreath on his grave.<br>

Irene Frazier placing her husband wreath

The West Plains Cross Country Team came out in full force to help<br>

West Plains Cross Country Team Volunteers 2023

Volunteers of all ages came to help<br>

Placing of wreaths

Veterans from near and far came out to help Remember - Honor - Teach<br>

Veterans remembering Veterans

Even in the cold weather, volunteers lined up to help place the wreaths<br>

Volunteers

Veterans of all ages and volunteers of all ages join together to Remember - Honor - Teach<br>

Veteran and young people

Each volunteer took time to make sure the wreath was placed just perfect and said the name of the veteran who's grave they were playing it on Remember - Honor - Teach in all that we do.<br>

Jake placing his wreath

What a perfect way to show your children how they got the freedoms they enjoy by honoring those who helped get those freedoms for them.<br>

Mother and two daughters

Remembering our love one

All 199 graves at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mtn. View, Missouri had a wreath placed on their grave by volunteers helping with Wreaths Across America on Saturday, December 16, 2023<br>

Veterans graves with wreaths from Wreaths Across America

All 199 veterans graves at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mtn. View, Missouri received a fresh evergreen wreath with a red ribbon on it on Saturday, December 16, 2023.&nbsp; These wreaths were purchased by donors and placed on these graves by volunteers<br>

Veterans graves with wreaths from Wreaths Across America placed on them

1st Wreaths Across America project at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mtn. View, Missouri, Saturday, December 16, 2023.&nbsp; Over 500 people attended to volunteer to help place 199 wreaths at the Cemetery.<br>

Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mtn. View, Missouri

4 generations of Leroy Frazier's family gathered to place the wreath on his and other graves as they remembered him and others.<br>

Leroy Frazier's grave

Picking up wreaths and recycling them

SAR members and DAR members picking up wreaths

All wreaths were picked up by SAR &amp; DAR members on February 10, 2023 and recycled<br>

DAR members picking up the wreaths

Please come join us on Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 10:30 a.m. for Wreaths Across American<br>

Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mtn. View, Missouri

<p>Please come help us to Remember * Honor *Teach</p><p>Saturday, December 16, 2023 at 10:30 a.m.<br></p>

Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mtn. View, Missouris

Ozark Spring Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution selling raffle tickets at Pioneer Days in Mtn. View, Missouri for 2023 Wreaths Across America<br>

Thank you Ozark Spring Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution

Ozark Spring Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution selling raffle tickets at Pioneer Days, Mtn. View, Missouri for 2023 Wreaths Across America<br>

Thank you Ozark Spring Chapter Daughters of the American Revolution

Ozark Spring Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution raffling off wreaths made by Lesa Bauer for the 2023 Wreaths Across America<br>

Thank you Ozark Spring Chapter Daughter of the American Revolution

99 year old WWII veteran, Joe Spears was given a In Honor wreath from Jessica Joice-Frazier and family for his 99th birthday to honor him for his service to Our Country<br>

WWII Veteran with his Air Force Wreath

Cindy Pirch and Lois Frazier, Ozark Spring Chapter DAR Co-Chaired the Wreaths Across American project for 2023.&nbsp; They would like to thank everyone that made this project a huge success.&nbsp; Please help us again on Saturday, December 14, 2024 for the 2nd Annual Wreaths Across American at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mtn. View, Missouri. <br>

DAR members

Ozark Spring Chapter DAR members and Co-Chairs for the Wreaths Across America getting Ceremonial Wreaths ready for the 2023 Wreaths Across America Ceremony.<br>

Cindy Pirch & Lois Frazier

Lots of hard work goes into planning an Event like this.<br>

Ozark Spring Chapter DAR member and Co-Chair for Wreaths Across America Cindy Pirch and SAR member and Master of Ceremonies and Jeremy Burks

Ozark Spring Chapter DAR with the help of many donors and volunteers brought the very first Wreaths Across America to Howell County, Missouri and placed wreaths on the 199 veterans graves at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery, Mtn. View Missouri on Saturday, December 16, 2023.<br>

Ozark Spring Chapter DAR

Guest Speaker David Evans, Missouri House of Representatives District 154, West Plains, Missouri<br>

Guest Speaker