Wreaths will be laid at the gravesites of 175 veterans buried in Oak Rest Cemetery in Medina as part of Wreaths Across America Day on Saturday, Dec. 14, thanks to the efforts of Medina High School senior A.J. Crowther who hopes she has started a tradition that will continue well into the future.
Crowther, 17, president of the Family, Career and Community Leaders of America, or FCCLA, and the FFA chapter at the high school and treasurer of the Student Council and the National Honor Society, said she attended the Wreaths Across America program at Fort Sam Houston with Bandera American ...