PA0291P - Friends of Laurel Hill
Please help us Remember, Honor, and Teach on Saturday, December 16, 2023, by sponsoring a wreath at either or both of our cemeteries!
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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

Thank you so much for supporting Laurel Hill and Wreaths Across America!

Sponsor Wreaths

Click "Sponsor Wreaths" to sponsor a wreath and help us reach our goal of honoring every veteran at the cemetery.

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The America I Remember

Written by Cathy Pagano

Wreaths Across America and American Legion Auxiliary Enter Partnership

Nonprofits agree to work together to help support common missions for veterans and their families.

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In Honor Of
by Sharon Kozden for Charles Velikis, Navy, Gunner's Mate / USS Mississippi / Pearl Harbor, Honored by Laurel Hill East

Thank you for your service, Charles Velikis, beloved brother and uncle.

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Memory for James Brecker Sr., Marine Corps, Honored by Laurel Hill East

In Loving Memory of James F Brecker Sr. - Sergeant - USMC 1943 - 1946

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Location Information

PALHCP - Laurel Hill East
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 (Wreath Placement Immediately Following Ceremony)

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 Sponsorship 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 

Our Locations

PALHCP - Laurel Hill East

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PAWLHF - Laurel Hill West

Welcome to PAWLHF - Laurel Hill West 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 (Wreath Placement Immediately Following Ceremony). 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.