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Gusting winds blew snow across the Minnesota Veterans Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 at Camp Ripley, Minn. where 1500 wreaths had just been placed as a part of Wreaths Across America, a yearly campaign to honor veterans during the holidays.

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Boy Scouts' Patrick Jones, center, and Matthew Rodger, right, place wreaths on grave markers with the help of Den Leader Joel Rodger at Houston National Cemetery on Saturday, Dec. 11, 2010 in Houston. Approximately 15,000 volunteers helped lay over 26,000 wreaths at the cemetery as past of the Wreaths Across America program.

Wreaths across America: Thousands of wreaths laid at Camp Riply and Houston National Cemetery

By Elena Grothe

Adding to Robert Hood's post about wreaths laid at Arlington Cemetery, here are a few more wreath laying images from today.

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Comment author avatarLindy-670062

What a beautiful and haunting image.

    Reply#1 - Sun Dec 12, 2010 10:05 AM EST
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