• Boy Scout volunteers placing flags in the Andersonville National Cemetery for Memorial Day

    Andersonville

    National Historic Site Georgia

Wreaths Across America

Wreaths distributed among white headstones.
Wreaths on graves in Section A, placed in December 2011.
NPS/Eric Leonard
 

Each December Andersonville National Historic Site participates in the national Wreaths Across America program to remember and honor our military veterans. Sponsored wreaths will be laid on gravesites in National Cemeteries across the country, including Andersonville National Cemetery, on the second Saturday of December. The next Wreaths Across America event is scheduled for Saturday December 15, 2012.

If you, your family, organization, or business is interested in sponsoring a 20" Frasier Fir wreath with a red velveteen bow, you can learn more about the program and sponsor wreaths online at www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.

Wreaths provided through the Wreaths Across America are placed on sponsored grave locations, with the bulk of them placed in older sections of the cemetery. In 2011 a portion of Section A received wreaths; in 2012 wreaths will be placed in the remainder of Section A and the adjacent Section B, depending on the number of wreaths received.

Decorate Andersonville in 2014
In December of 2014, to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the Andersonville Prison, we hope to decorate all of the Civil War prisoner graves, nearly 13,000, with wreaths. Please contact the park for more information on how to help with this ambitious goal.

  • Grave Decoration Policy Grave Decoration Policy

    Find out more about seasonal decorating guidelines. Read More

  • Wreaths Across America Wreaths Across America

    Learn more about this national program to honor America's veterans each holiday season. Read More

Did You Know?

Headstone of Jacob Swarner in National Cemetery.  His brother, Adam, was the first prisoner to die at Andersonville

Adam Swarner, a young Cavalryman from New York State was the first prisoner to die at Andersonville.  Five months later, his brother Jacob was buried in grave number 4,005 of the National Cemetery.