WINTER GARDEN, Fla. – With the holiday season approaching, the Horizon West American Legion Post 419 is working tirelessly to ensure that every veteran laid to rest at Woodlawn Memorial Park in Gotha is honored during this year’s Wreaths Across America event on Dec. 13.

For Navy veteran Jessica Makin, Second Vice Commander of Post 419, the mission is deeply personal and profoundly meaningful.

“The biggest part is to teach people what it means to honor a veteran,” Makin said.

She said more than 2,500 veterans are buried at Woodlawn Memorial, and volunteers from Post 419 are committed to placing a wreath at each gravesite.

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Makin said their Wreaths Across America event will begin with wreath placeme

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