Large wreaths designated for each military branch were placed at the veterans monument at Memory Gardens cemetery on Saturday to remember and honor the veterans who served. Wreaths Across America organization sponsors the event annually in partnership with Marine Corps League Detachment 736 of Farmington.
Photos by Curtis Ray Benally, Special to the Tri-City Record
Large wreaths designated for each military branch were placed at the veterans monument at Memory Gardens cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, to remember and honor the veterans who served. Wreaths Across America organization sponsors the event annually in partnership with Marine Corps League Detachment 736 of Farmington. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Chad Evans plays taps during the Wreaths Across America ceremony at Memory Gardens cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in Farmington. The wreath placement event is an annual tribute to remember the veterans who served in the military during the holiday season. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Antonita Nunes-Smith, U.S. Navy veteran, places a wreath on a veteran's grave at Memory Garden cemetery in Farmington on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024. The wreath placement was sponsored by the Wreaths Across America organization to remember and honor veterans who served in the military during the holiday season. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Jeanette Yazzie, a Gold Star Mother from Fruitland, NM, places a wreath on the grave of Samuel Frank Sandoval Sr., Navajo Code Talker, at Memory Gardens cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, in Farmington. Wreath placement was part of the Wreaths Across America campaign to remember and honor the veterans who served in the military during the holiday season. Yazzie's son Clifton, U.S. Army Sgt., was killed during Operation Iraqi Freedom conflict in January 2006. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
Left to right, Brandie Ferrari, San Juan County Sheriff Shane Ferrari, and Farmington Mayor Nate Duckett bow their heads for a moment of silence at the start of the Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday, Dec. 14, 2024, at Memory Gardens Cemetery. (Curtis Ray Benally/Special to the Tri-City Record)
