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Wreaths Across America Area Coordinator Donna Betson says the annual effort at the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central in Radcliff to “remember those who served, honor those who have passed, and teach the next generation” has grown more and more with each passing year.
“When we started out it was a thousand, and we are now up to ten thousand buried out there,” Betson said.
As the year comes to a close, you can support the local chapter through an ongoing matching program. Now through December 31, every wreath purchased for the local chapter will be matched by a purchase from the national Wreaths Across America organization.
Betson says especially with the presence of Fort Knox, area connections to the KVCC run deep.
“My main thing that I got started with 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 doesn’t know a friend or know a person that is buried out there,” Betson said.
Make your donation through the Kentucky Veterans Cemetery Central Radcliff page on www.wreathsacrossamerica.org. Contact Betson at 270-319-2122 for more information.
Christmas may have come and gone, but there is still time to enjoy a long-running Elizabethtown holiday staple at Freeman Lake Park with the annual Christmas in the Park lighting tour. “That will run nightly from 6 to 11 p.m.,” said City of Elizabethtown Events Manager Beth Pyles. “This year we have over 115 displays from not only the city of Elizabethtown, but many local community partners, and you will […]
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