<em>Photo above:&nbsp;A soldier with S.C. State Guard carries a wreath to be placed a fallen comrade’s grave during Wreathes Across America at the Beaufort National Cemetery. Photos by Bob Sofaly.</em>

Hundreds of people gathered on Dec. 16 at Beaufort National Cemetery for the 26th annual Wreathes Across America.&nbsp;Wreathes were laid at the headstones of thousands of U.S. servicemen and women at 1,300 locations across the country.&nbsp;

In Beaufort, about 1,200 wreathes were laid by veterans and civic groups, survivors and people who just wanted to be part of something special.&nbsp;Janet Mulcahy of Beaufort put wreathes on the graves of her parents, both U.S. Marine Corps veterans, who died a month apart this fall. Mulcahy said they were both 94.

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