Every year, days before Christmas, thousands of veterans are honored by community members placing wreaths at their final resting places.

Over 750 wreaths were placed Saturday morning around the San Luis Cemetery, joining 4,000 other cemeteries in the Wreaths Across America event in the U.S.

What started at the Arlington National Cemetery in Washington, D.C. in the late 90s has become a country wide memorial with three goals: remember the fallen, honor those who serve, and teach the next generation the value of freedom.

Romayne Swanson attended the event as a part of the Daughters of the American Revolution.

“Because if we don't teach the next generation, we lose our history, and we've got to get that rolling," Swanson said. "It's not necessarily something that they're going to teach in

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