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On National Wreath Laying Day- Saturday, December 16, 2023, we will be holding TWO ceremonies:

@ 10 am - at Laurel Hill East in Philadelphia

and

@ 3 pm- at Laurel Hill West in Bala Cynwyd

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Ceremony Details

Location Information

Laurel Hill East (PALHCP)
3822 Ridge Avenue
Philadelphia, PA 19132, United States
Click here for the Laurel Hill East Page

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December 16, 2023 at 10:00 am

Elizabeth Savastana, Rhonda Dimascio

Directions to Cemetery


The ceremony will take place in the courtyard of Laurel Hill East, which is located at 3822 Ridge Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19132.  Make sure GPS devices bring you to Ridge Avenue and not Hunting Park Avenue. The main entrance of the cemetery will be closed to vehicle traffic. Only pedestrians are allowed to enter through the main entrance. 


If you do come in from Hunting Park Avenue, you may park inside the cemetery and walk to the courtyard- the road leading to the courtyard will be coned off to vehicle traffic, but you may walk down it.


Free parking is available at the parking lot at 3747 Ridge Avenue and in the neighborhood surrounding the main entrance, with a short walk to the cemetery's main entrance. 


There will be 6 accessible parking spaces located directly across the street from the main entrance. 




Parking Instructions

The ceremony will take place in the courtyard of Laurel Hill East, which is located at 3822 Ridge Avenue Philadelphia, PA 19132. Make sure GPS devices bring you to Ridge Avenue and not Hunting Park Avenue. The main entrance of the cemetery will be closed to vehicle traffic. Only pedestrians are allowed to enter through the main entrance.

If you do come in from Hunting Park Avenue, you may park inside the cemetery and walk to the courtyard- the road leading to the courtyard will be coned off to vehicle traffic, but you may walk down it.

Free parking is available at the parking lot at 3747 Ridge Avenue and in the neighborhood surrounding the main entrance, with a short walk to the cemetery's main entrance.

There will be 6 accessible parking spaces located directly across the street from the main entrance. 

Ceremony and Volunteer Information

Thank you for your interest in volunteering with us! 

Help us get wreath sponsorships and ensure that you and all the volunteers have an opportunity to lay several wreaths this year! Consider sponsoring a wreath yourself and spreading the word that The Friends of Laurel Hill are a fundraising group and for every wreath sponsored specifically through their page, $5 will come back to the Friends and be put in the Veteran Gravesite Fund. 


The Friends of Laurel Hill fundraising page can be found by copying and pasting this link into your browser. https://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/pages/47144/Overview/?relatedId=47083 

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Welcome to Laurel Hill West (PAWLHF) and thank you deeply for helping us with our goal to honor as many veterans as possible on Wreaths Across America Day, December 16, 2023. 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....