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Fairchild Air Force Base

Wreaths Across America

Airman 1st Class Sydney Silvester, 92nd Operations Support Squadron weather forecaster, sings the U.S. national anthem at the start of an official ceremony at Fort George Wright Cemetery Dec. 19, 2016, near Spokane, Washington. Service members braved freezing temperatures to honor the memory of the service members buried at the site. (U.S. Air Force Photo/Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Col. Matthew Fritz, 92nd Air Refueling Wing vice commander, delivers a speech to those in attendance during a ceremony at Fort George Wright Cemetery Dec. 19, 2016, near Spokane, Wash. Fritz thanked the attendees for braving the frigid weather in order to pay tribute to the deceased veterans buried at the site. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Chief Master Sgt. Shannon Rix, 92nd Air Refueling Wing command chief, places a wreath on a veteran's grave at the Fort George Wright Cemetery Dec. 19, 2016, near Spokane, Wash. Rix was part procession from Fairchild Air Force Base who honored deceased veterans during an official ceremony at the cemetery. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Ceremony attendees help distribute wreaths to the graves of service members buried at the Fort George Wright Cemetery Dec. 19, 2016, near Spokane, Wash. As part of the Wreaths Across America ceremony, attendees were encouraged to remember deceased veterans by reading the names on the headstones before laying a wreath on it. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Ceremonial wreaths dedicated to the five military services decorate the perimeter of the Fort George Wright Cemetery Dec. 19, 2016, near Spokane, Wash. The wreaths were part of a ceremony to honor the memory of service members buried at the site. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Airman 1st Class Kamuzu Burnett, 92nd Operations Support Squadron air crew flight equipment journeyman, salutes a wreath presented in remembrance to United States Air Force deceased service members during a ceremony at Fort George Wright Cemetery Dec. 19, 2016, near Spokane, Wash. Wreaths were presented in remembrance of the deceased of each U.S. military service branch. (U.S. Air Force photo/Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey)

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Team Fairchild commemorates Wreaths Across America

Published Dec. 20, 2016
By Airman 1st Class Ryan Lackey
92nd Air Refueling Wing Public Affairs

FAIRCHILD AIR FORCE BASE, Wash. -- Representatives from Fairchild Air Force Base traveled to Fort George Wright Cemetery and Washington State Veterans Cemetery Dec. 19, to pay honor to veterans buried at the sites as part of the Wreaths Across America program, a nationally recognized event since December 1992. Their mission is carried out by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies at Arlington National Cemetery, as well as over 1,100 additional locations in all 50 U.S. States, at seas and abroad.

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