Wreaths Across America at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central in Radcliff is asking for the community’s support as they prepare for their annual effort to “remember those who served, honor those who have passed, and teach the next generation.”
“On December 13 at 10 a.m., we will have a brief ceremony, and then as many wreaths as we have, we will put out on all the headstones,” said Area Coordinator Donna Betson.
With less than a month until the scheduled wreath placement ceremony, the local chapter is currently short of their fundraising goal.
“When we started it was 1,000, and we are now up to 10,000 buried out there, and we are about 1,500 wreaths short right now,” Betson said
Betson says especially with the presence of Fort Knox, area connections to the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central run deep.
“My main thing that I got started with it was my dad’s out there, and since I started, my mom has joined him in that cemetery, and I don’t think there’s hardly anyone in Hardin County who does not have a family member or know a friend or know a person who is buried out there,” Betson said.
Contact Betson at 270-319-2122 for more information on donating or volunteering. A link to the Wreaths Across America profile for the cemetery can be found on the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central Facebook page.
