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BELPRE — Belpre Rotary Club and Belpre Area Veterans will observe a Wreaths Across America memorial event at 11 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 14, at Cedarville Cemetery, off Cross Street on Cemetery Drive in Belpre.

The cemetery is site of the burial of 18 known Revolutionary War soldiers.

The memorial service will be highlighted by the laying of wreaths at graves of Revolutionary War heroes. Rotarian Don Ery, organizer of the event for 14 years, will be the host, and the public is invited.

Belpre Area Veterans Association member Bob Hadfield, descendant of a Revolutionary War officer, and former Belpre Mayor and Rotarian Mike Lorentz will provide remarks.

Jaiton Lockhart, Belpre High School graduate, will play “Taps” following a four-gun salute from the Belpre Area Veterans Honor Guard. Kristi Hadfield will sing the national anthem. Scout Troop 91 will lead the Pledge of Allegiance.

There will be an invocation and benediction.

Each December on National Wreaths Across America Day, the mission to “Remember, Honor and Teach” is carried out by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as at more than 3,400 additional locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea and abroad.