When Your Community Touches A Nation

Wreaths Across America is stopping at Thorne Middle School, Middletown, on Wednesday, December 11th at 11am, the first of two stops in NJ. The community has been invited to line Murphy Road with American Flags to greet the Wreaths Across America convoy. There will also be a Wreath laying ceremony at The Battle Of The Bulge Memorial at the school upon the convoy's arrival before proceeding to its' second NJ stop, Liberty State Park.

In preparation for this event, VFW Post 2179 Commander, Charles Ghallagher, with AL Post 515 Commander, Victor Wnorowski, donated American Flags from both 515 and 2179, to Thorne Middle School. The Flags were received by Principal Tom Olausen and Assistant Principal Pete Smith, at the school this afternoon.

Left to right: Pete Smith (Assistant Principal), Tom Olausen (Principal), Victor Wnorowski (AL 515 Commander) and Charles Ghallagher (VFW 2179 Commander).

Left to right: Pete Smith (Assistant Principal), Tom Olausen (Principal), Victor Wnorowski (AL 515 Commander) and Charles Ghallagher (VFW 2179 Commander).


VFW 2179 and AL Post 515 will be present at Thorne Middle School next Wednesday, December 11th and are honored to be a part of this event.  For more information about the event, please click here.

Per Wreaths Across America, their Mission is to, ..."Remember, Honor, Teach, is carried out in part by coordinating wreath laying ceremonies a specified Saturday in December at Arlington, as well as veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.  We also organize a week of events including international veteran’s tributes, ceremonies at State Houses and a week-long “Veteran’s Parade” between Maine and Virginia where we stop along the way to spread our message about the importance of remembering our fallen heroes, honoring those who serve, and teaching our children about the sacrifices made by veterans and their families to preserve our freedoms."

For more information about Wreaths Across America, please click here.