JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, Va. — December 19, 2020
Cadence Smeltzer, an 11-year-old military child at Langley Air Force Base, raised funds to sponsor over 1,100 wreaths at Yorktown National Cemetery for National Wreaths Across America Day in Yorktown, Virginia, Dec. 19, 2020.
Since 2017, Smeltzer has worked to place live balsam remembrance wreaths on the headstones of fallen veterans.
“When she was five, I signed [Cadence] up to join American Heritage Girls,” said Smelter’s mother, Vanessa Smeltzer. “That’s where she grew an interest in Wreaths Across America.”
This year, Smeltzer created her fundraising group, Freedom’s Cadence, with Wreaths Across America to help commemorate fallen veterans.
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12.19.2020 | JOINT BASE LANGLEY-EUSTIS, VA, US |
Story by Ivry Artis