U.S. Marine Corps Col. Mark Bortnem, commanding officer, Marine Corps Air Station Beaufort, lays a wreath on a grave during Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 at Beaufort National Cemetery. Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin/USMC

Wreaths Across America

December 28, 2023

Military

Wreaths Across America Beaufort Coordinator David Edwards speaks during Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, Dec. 16, 2023 at Beaufort National Cemetery. During Saturday’s ceremony, the Thomas Heyward, Jr. Chapter of the National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR) awarded Edwards the DAR Medal of Honor. The award, the most prestigious honor awarded by the DAR, is given to an adult man or woman who is a United States citizen by birth and has shown extraordinary qualities of leadership, trustworthiness, service, and patriotism. The recipient must have made unusual and lasting contributions to our American Heritage by truly giving of himself or herself to his or her community, state, country, and fellow man. The honor has been bestowed on fewer than 2,000 individuals since its creation in 1972. Lance Cpl. Kyle Baskin/USMC

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