National Wreaths Across America

The day is December 17th

There are two different ways you can contribute.  You can order online by accessing the Camp Group Page at http://www.wreathsacrossamerica.org/TX1098p.

Click on the “Sponsor Wreaths” tab and follow the directions.  You will have a choice of payment options, including a check or debit card, PayPal, or Google Pay.   Before hitting the “Submit” button, check to see that the order form shows group ID:  TX1098p and Location ID TXHNCH.  That way, the Camp will receive credit for the order, and the wreaths will be delivered to the Houston National Cemetery.

If you prefer to order by mail, make your check payable to “Wreaths Across America” and mail the check to me either at the Camp PO Box 331, Houston TX 77001-0331 or mail it directly to me at my home, 5526 Sanford Road, Houston, TX 77096-6140.  I will fill out the Wreath Sponsorship Order Forms and Tally Sheet and forwarding them with your checks to the WAA National Headquarters.  If you find you have been delayed and aren’t sure the check will be received in time, just go ahead and mail the check to me and give me a call or send me a text or E-mail letting me know the contribution is on the way.  I will be receiving a “Cutoff Form” from the headquarters which I am to send back on the 28th informing them of additional contributions that they have not received yet but are on their way.

The cost of a wreath is $15.00.  The Camp will receive $5.00 for each wreath ordered.  Last year we contributed some $1,200.00.  If we contribute this amount this year, we will receive $400.00 back from WAA.

Memorial Day 2021 Flag Placement

On Monday May 31st at 10am SUVCW Sr. Vice Cmdr. Bill Pollard will lead a delegation from Lt. Cmdr. Edward Lea, Camp 2, in the placement of 34-star U.S. flags/roses at the graves of Union Civil War veterans followed by doing the same at nearby Civil War Veterans’ graves. The starting location will be at the Grand Army of the Republic Plot in the Washington Cemetery (located in the Glenwood Cemetery on Washington Avenue in Houston).

Subsequently, Bro. Pollard will lead our procession to the Grand Army of the Republic plot in the adjacent Glenwood cemetery where we will place new 34-star U.S. flags/roses on the graves in that plot and on the resting places of other Civil War Veterans as we exit the Glenwood Cemetery.

Houston Wreaths Across America 2019

Wreaths Across America is a non-profit organization dedicated to honoring and thanking our veterans for their service and sacrifice. The Wreaths Across America mission is to “Remember, Honor, and Teach”. We fulfill that mission by laying a live Maine remembrance wreath upon the grave-sites of our fallen heroes.  Houston Wreath Day is Saturday, December 14th, 2019 at 11:00 AM at the Houston National Cemetery.  Once again, Camp Lea will join the wreath laying.

The Wreathes Across America website is up and running. Please log into www.waahouston.com , choose the button marked “Donation to Fundraiser” (Team or Person) and then “Find a Person”. Our “person” is Edward Lea Camp 2.