Tracy Nar and Michelle Krezek add their wreathes onto one of many piles during the Retiring of the Wreaths on Saturday, Jan. 20 at Beaufort National Cemetery. Hundreds of volunteers converged on the cemetery to retire the wreaths recently placed on each headstone during Wreaths Across America Day in December. It took only 20 minutes for the volunteers to remove the wreaths, which will be recycled. Bob Sofaly/The Island News

Retiring of the Wreaths

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Many of the Christmas wreaths gathered up during Saturday’s Retiring of the Wreaths were decorated with items making them more personal to friends and family members. There were so many volunteers helping that the wreaths, originally placed on the interments at the Beaufort National Cemetery on Wreaths Across America Day in December, were gathered up in about 20 minutes. Bob Sofaly/The Island News

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