Order Veterans Wreaths for Dec. 16 Windsor Wreaths Across America

Carmon Community Funeral Homes of Windsor, with the assistance of Windsor’s American Legion Gray-Dickenson Post #59, will host the 14th annual Wreaths Across America wreath-laying ceremony on Saturday, December 16th at 12 p.m. at the Windsor Veterans Memorial Cemetery on East St. Everyone is invited to attend this special event on the same day as over 4,000 similar wreath-laying ceremonies will be held across the U.S., at sea and abroad.

Wreaths to be placed during the ceremony are $17 apiece and can be ordered now – they can be laid on the grave of a specific veteran or placed throughout the Windsor veterans cemetery to honor other veterans buried there. Last year, more than 800 wreaths were placed by volunteers in that veterans cemetery in a single day.

To order a wreath for placement on the grave of a specific veteran in the Windsor veterans cemetery, people must contact Carmon Community Funeral Homes directly with that veteran’s name by December 11th. Note that if a wreath is ordered from any another source, there is no guarantee that it will be placed on your veteran’s grave.

Checks should be made out to: Carmon Community Funeral Homes and either brought to Carmon Funeral Home at 807 Bloomfield Avenue in Windsor, or mailed to:
Carmon Community Funeral Homes, Attn: Wreaths Across America, P.O. Box 6, Windsor CT 06095.

To order a wreath to be laid on the graves of other veterans buried in Windsor’s veterans cemetery during the ceremony for $17 apiece:
-Order/pay by cash or check at Carmon Community Funeral Homes, phone 860-688-2200. Deadline is December 11. Checks should be made out to: Carmon Community Funeral Homes and either brought to Carmon Funeral Home at 807 Bloomfield Avenue in Windsor OR mailed to:
Carmon Funeral Homes, Attn: Wreaths Across America, P.O. Box 6, Windsor CT 06095.
-OR Order online via credit card by November 27 at https://bit.ly/3g1haOJ

"The December 16th ceremony in the Windsor Veterans Memorial Cemetery will feature a color guard, playing of Taps and readings by members of local clergy and veterans, to be followed by the ceremonial laying of wreaths by local Boy Scouts, the Windsor Volunteer Fire Department, and volunteers from Kaman Aerospace Corp. and Amazon,” explains John C. Carmon, whose father, World War II veteran Frank W. Carmon Jr., founded the funeral firm. “My father received three Purple Hearts and the Distinguished Service Cross, among other decorations, during World War II, and this annual project is a way of remembering him and all U.S. veterans. The Carmon family and staff are pleased to again join Wreaths Across America to honor their lives and their service.” Email questions to LCarmon@carmonfh.com or call 860-688-2200.

Windsor’s annual Wreaths Across America ceremony program began 14 years ago when the national organization reached out to the Hispanic-American Veterans of Connecticut, Inc. (HAVOCT). Carmon Community Funeral Homes, Windsor American Legion Post #59, and community groups, including local Boy Scouts of America troops, then joined them and the event in the Windsor Veterans Memorial Ceremony has grown larger every year since.