Wreaths Across America Day to honor 860 veterans at Barrington’s Evergreen Cemetery

As part of the nation’s 250th celebration, honor the brave men and women who served to protect the nation by participating in Wreaths Across America Day on Dec. 19 at Evergreen Cemetery in Barrington.

While there are no Revolutionary Patriots buried there, three of the veterans served in the War of 1812, 62 veterans fought in the Civil War, and the rest in wartime and peacetime since then.

Set aside an hour or two to join the Signal Hill chapter of the National Society of Daughters of the American Revolution in Barrington, for an hour at midday to honor the 860 veterans who rest at Evergreen Cemetery with a live balsam wreath on their gravesite.

The ceremony will be at noon Saturday, Dec. 19, at the cemetery, 610 S. Dundee Ave. in Barrington.

Volunteer to lay wreaths, individually or as a group at wreathsacrossamerica.org/IL0113.