HONOR THOSE BURIED IN FORT SMITH. >> IT TAKES AN ARMY OF VOLUNTEERS TO GET 17,000 WREATHS READY TO ADORN EVERY GRAVE HERE AT THE FORT SMITH NATIONAL CEMETERY. SOME PEOPLE HAVE BEEN VOLUNTEERING EVER ...

FORT SMITH -- A local program is asking for the public's help Friday to clean and store roughly 17,000 wreaths that honored veterans this holiday season at Fort Smith National Cemetery. Philip Merry, ...

MORE THAN 16 THOUSAND WREATHS WERE PLACED here TODAY AT THE FORT SMITH NATIONAL CEMETERY. ((TAKE PKG)) WREATHS AS FAR AS THE EYE CAN SEE. CASEY COLLYAR // CHRISTMAS HONORS BOARD OF DIRECTORS "We're ...

Volunteers spent their morning Thursday, Jan. 5, picking up the Christmas wreaths at the Fort Smith National Cemetery. Wreaths decorated graves at the historic cemetery during the month of December ...

ONES OF FALLEN VETS ABOUT THE SPECIAL MEANING OF THE OCCASION. BEHIND ME ARE SOME OF THE MORE THAN 17-THOUSAND WREATHS THAT WERE LAID ON THE GRAVES OF FALLEN VETERANS TODAY HUSBANDS, WIVES, SONS AND ...

FORT SMITH, Ark. — This holiday season, families, friends, and volunteers transformed the Fort Smith national cemetery by placing 17,000 wreaths across 32 acres on headstones to honor veterans. "We ...

40-29'S ABNER SOSA SHOWS US WHY THE GATHERING WAS ESPECIALLY MEANINGFUL FOR SOME. (ABNER) VOLUNTEERS AND FAMILY MEMBERS WERE HERE AT THE FORT SMITH NATIONAL CEMETERY TO HELP LAY DOWN CHRISTMAS WREATHS ...

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Residents from around the River Valley gathered to place wreaths, Saturday, Dec. 2, 2023, during the annual Christmas Honors tradition at the Fort Smith National Cemetery in Fort Smith. Families of ...