The Colony Club of Ocean City honored the service of area veterans by placing wreaths on graves at the Gerald M. Thornton Veterans Cemetery of Cape May County on Dec. 17.
Each December, the Wreaths Across America organization asks local groups to remember and honor veterans by conducting wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as at more than 3,500 additional locations in all 50 states.
“The Colony Club was pleased to again have the opportunity to join a grateful nation in saying thank you to our veterans,” said Cathy Solarski, chairwoman of her club’s Wreaths Across America Committee.
She continued, “Our members partnered with the American Legion Post 524 Auxiliary, The Exchange Club of Ocean City and the Godfrey Funeral Homes to donate and place 219 wreaths, which were combined with additional wreaths from the national Wreaths Across America group.”
The Colony Club of Ocean City, part of the General Federation and New Jersey State Federa