Wreaths Across America Seeks 4,400 More for SC Graves
The nonprofit needs donations to place a wreath at every veterans' gravesite across South Carolina this holiday season.
Updated on Nov. 9, 2026 in Military
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Wreaths Across America is short 4,400 wreaths in its goal of placing one at every veterans' gravesite in South Carolina. The effort relies entirely on donations and receives no federal assistance.
Why it matters
Placing wreaths honors those who served and those who died in service. Without additional donations, thousands of veterans' gravesites across the state could go without a wreath this holiday season.
Wreaths Across America reports it needs 4,400 more wreaths to reach its goal, a figure drawn from its tally of sponsored wreaths so far. The total number of sponsored wreaths to date and the full count of gravesites in the goal were not provided.
The players
Wreaths Across America
A nonprofit organization that has coordinated wreath placements at veterans' gravesites for more than 30 years, relying on public donations rather than government funding.
MJ Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery
A veterans' cemetery in Anderson, South Carolina, that hosts the December 19 wreath-laying ceremonies.
The details
Donors sponsor wreaths to be placed at veterans' gravesites through Wreaths Across America, with the December 2 deadline to sponsor. Wreath-laying ceremonies will be held December 19 at MJ Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery in Anderson.
Timeline
December 2: Deadline to sponsor a wreath.
December 19: Wreath-laying ceremonies at MJ Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery in Anderson.
Seasonal Tradition
The South Carolina drive extends Wreaths Across America's multi-decade national program of placing wreaths at veterans' cemeteries each December. It seeks to close a specific remaining gap of 4,400 wreaths in the state.
Residents who want to honor veterans can sponsor a wreath before the December 2 deadline. Sponsorships directly determine whether a veteran's gravesite receives a wreath this holiday season.
The takeaway
Sponsoring a single wreath before the December 2 deadline is a direct way to help cover one of the remaining gravesites in South Carolina.
What happens next
The December 2 sponsorship deadline and the December 19 wreath-laying ceremonies at MJ Dolly Cooper Veterans Cemetery are the next scheduled moments in this effort.
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Source note: This article includes information reported by Foxcarolina.
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