Wreaths Across America ceremony honors local vets
Elias Funez | Multimedia Reporter
A wreath layer picks up a pair of wreaths to be placed on the graves of local veterans following the Wreaths Across America ceremony Saturday afternoon at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Grass Valley, where hundreds of wreaths were placed.
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Wreath’s Across America location coordinator and Daughter of the American Revolution’s Bonnie Magnetti got a little choked up during Saturday’s wreath laying ceremony.
“This is a way we can all come together,” Magnetti said to the crowd that had gathered at St. Patrick’s Cemetery in Grass Valley for the ceremony.
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Nevada City and Grass Valley are having to forego their annual holiday markets Victorian Christmas and Cornish Christmas due to COVID-19 this year, but local merchants want the community to know that their businesses are still open to shop in both in person and online.
In Nevada City the Hometown Victorian Holiday is taking the place of the annual winter street fair.
The window display of Abstrakt in Nevada City can be seen at 228 Broad St.
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“It’s an emphasis on the shops and the retail folks,” said Jesse Locks, a member of the Nevada City Chamber of Commerce board of directors. “It’s an opportunity for people to check out the many new retailers in Nevada City.”