Wreaths in the snow: Hundreds of local veterans’ graves marked by Wreaths Across America
Retired U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. Michael Hashberger with both the Civil Air Patrol and the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association salutes the grave of a veteran in the Ephrata Cemetery as part of the Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday.
Charles H. Featherstone/Columbia Basin Herald
Trevor Rollins, public relations officer with the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association chapter in Ephrata, stands at attention as he prepares to lay a wreath in honor of U.S. Merchant Marines at the Wreaths Across America ceremony in the Ephrata Cemetery on Saturday.
Othello resident Carrie Redding lays a wreath on a veteran’s grave in the Ephrata Cemetery on Saturday during the Civil Air Patrol’s Columbia Basin Composite Squadron annual Wreaths Across America ceremony.
Cadets of the Civil Air Patrol’s Columbia Basin Composite Squadron stand ready to enter with the colors at the Ephrata Cemetery on Saturday in preparation for the Wreaths Across America ceremony.
Trevor Rollins, public relations officer with the Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association chapter in Ephrata, lays a wreath in honor of U.S. Merchant Marines at the Wreaths Across America ceremony in the Ephrata Cemetery on Saturday.
Six-hundred thirty fresh wreaths were distributed on veterans’ graves between three northern Columbia Basin cemeteries on Saturday; 350 wreaths were placed in Ephrata, 140 in Soap Lake and 140 in Quincy.
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