Wreaths Across America Day annually honors local veterans

  • Standing in front of the Putnam County Veterans Wall of Honor, VFW Commander Nikki Barker addressed a small but dedicated group of volunteers on Wreaths Across America Day last Saturday. JOHN BETANCOURT/Contributed
    Standing in front of the Putnam County Veterans Wall of Honor, VFW Commander Nikki Barker addressed a small but dedicated group of volunteers on Wreaths Across America Day last Saturday. JOHN BETANCOURT/Contributed
  • Military veterans of all ranks, and from all branches and theaters of service, were honored on Wreaths Across America Day in Eatonton. JOHN BETANCOURT/Contributed
    Military veterans of all ranks, and from all branches and theaters of service, were honored on Wreaths Across America Day in Eatonton. JOHN BETANCOURT/Contributed

    Last Saturday morning on Wreaths Across America Day, approximately 30 people gathered at Putnam County’s Veterans Wall of Honor Park in downtown Eatonton, where local VFW Commander Nikki Barker reminded everyone of the mission to help lay wreaths on veterans’ gravestones at several local cemeteries.

    Eatonton represented just one of more than 4,900 locations nationwide, in which millions of voluntee…