Wreaths Across America Honors ‘The Four Chaplains’ Feb. 3
Wreaths Across America News:
COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine Wreaths Across America will honor the American heroes known as “The Four Chaplains” with a special Facebook live event at noon EST, Wednesday, Feb. 3.
Jan. 23, 1943, the U.S.A.T. Dorchester left New York harbor bound for Greenland carrying more than 900 officers, servicemen and civilian workers.
The ship was a coastal passenger steamship requisitioned and operated by the War Shipping Administration (WSA) for wartime use as a troop ship. The ship was transiting the Labrador Sea when it was torpedoed by a German U-boat (U-233) Feb. 3, 1943. The ship sank and 675 people on board lost their lives.
2020 National Wreaths Across America Sees Placement Of 1.7 Million Veterans Wreaths At 2,557 Participating Locations - 9:23 am
A trooper pays his respect to a veteran who made the ultimate sacrifice for his country. Photo by Susan Patton
A young girl prays at the grave of a veteran at Arlington National Cemetery. Photo by Susan Patton
A young boy places a wreath on the grave of a veteran at Arlington National Cemetery. Photo by Susan Patton
Wreaths Across America News:
COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine On National Wreaths Across America Day Saturday, at 2,557 participating locations, dedicated Americans in every state honored our nation’s heroes by safely placing a total of 1.7 million veterans’ wreaths on their headstones and remembering them, by saying each name out loud.