Susan Daily, member of Moccasin Bend Chapter Chairwoman of the Regents Council
Pauline Moore, member of the Nancy Ward Chapter
Susan Daily Regent Council chairwoman
Tennessee Color Guard Commander James Stone SAR Cleveland Chapter Marilyn Damman, Member of Chickamauga Chapter, Jo Hill Regent of Nancy Ward Chapter,Tennessee Vice President of SAR Claude Hardiston, Susan Henderson , Pauline Moore Members of Nancy Ward Chapter, Marie Harbour Regent of Chief John Ross.,Susan Daily Chair of the DAR regents council, Carol Rogers Chickamauga , Lee Parham Regent of the Chickamauga Chapter, Phyllis Carter Regent of the Judge David Campbell was also present but not pictured.
Wreaths Across America was Saturday, and included events at national cemeteries across America. For the past seven years, citizens from all walks of life, have gathered at the cemeteries to place fresh wreathes, adorned with bright red ribbon, at the headstones of the veterans who died in service for freedom or lived full lives after fighting for our country. These wreathes represent the gratitude of today's Americans for the sacrifices that they made.
Citizens purchase wreathes throughout the fall. They are sold by military organizations, both youth and adults, and by the Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution. Other groups work with the Wreathes Across America Association. Lt. Richard Dyer, Civil Air Patrol location leader for the Association, hopes that the number of wreathes that can be placed will continue to increase each year.
Two groups that take a strong interest in this program are the Daughters and Sons of the American Revolution. These are the bloodline descendants of the original American veterans. Susan Daily, chairwomen of the Chattanooga Regents Council of the DAR, pointed out that participants were there to remember and learn from history. Attired in her sweatshirt emblazoned with the DAR initials she said that the DAR was there to work and take part in a ceremony that has so much meaning for the DAR organization.
Tennessee President of the SAR and member of the John Sevier Chapter in Chattanooga Charles Damman spoke of what the young people present could learn from being there.
After the playing of TAPS and the removal of the colors, the audience moved to where the wreathes were to be laid. Long lines of citizens from WWII Purple Heart recipients to young children walking with their parents, cadets from the Army, Civil Air Patrol, Air Force, Marines and Navy, solemnly placed their wreathes, stepped back and bowed their heads or saluted.