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Venerable Mare Island cemetery sees 1st holiday wreath-laying ceremony
James Cooney, a Medal of Honor recipient, is one of the soldiers interred at Mare Island Naval Cemetery. Volunteers placed wreaths on some 1,000 graves of soldiers and their family members as part of the Wreaths Across America program, Saturday, Dec. 19, 2020. (Susan Hiland/Daily Republic)
MARE ISLAND The Mare Island Naval Cemetery – the oldest naval cemetery on the West Coast – for the first time Saturday was part of the nationwide Wreaths Across America program.
About 50 people came out to place wreaths on the graves of some 1,000 soldiers buried at the cemetery, the recipient of a recent cleanup campaign that many hope will lead to better oversight in the future.