Gate of Heaven Cemetery to Participate in Wreaths Across America Saturday
By: The Good Newsroom
Eight specially designated ceremonial wreaths will be placed on the soldiers’ memorial at the cemetery to remember those who served and honor their sacrifices
The Daughters of Liberty’s Legacy are organizing the annual Wreaths Across America observance at Gate of Heaven Cemetery in Hawthorne, on Saturday, December 16 at noon.
Eight specially designated ceremonial wreaths will be placed on the soldiers’ memorial at the cemetery to remember those who served and honor their sacrifices during a ceremony that will be coordinated simultaneously at over 400 participating locations nationwide.
Wreaths sponsored by the public will be placed on the graves of those soldiers who never returned to their families for the holidays.
Gate of Heaven Cemetery will again be generously hosting this annual event for the ninth year. Members of the public are welcome to attend this somber, dignified, and patriotic event.
Faithful departed veterans and non-veterans alike are remembered at Masses at Calvary and Allied Cemeteries, which administers Gate of Heaven Cemetery, on the first Saturday of each month.
Established in 1917, Gate of Heaven Cemetery lies between the Westchester County towns of Valhalla and Hawthorne. It is the final resting place of several noteworthy Catholic New Yorkers, including New York Yankees legend George Herman “Babe” Ruth and his wife Clare; former Yankees player and manager Alfred Manuel “Billy” Martin Jr.; actor James Cagney and his wife Frances; author Mary Higgins Clark; former New York City Mayors Jimmy Walker and John P. O’Brien; priest and writer Malachi Martin; and survivors of the sinking of R.M.S. Titanic.
Along with Gate of Heaven Cemetery, Calvary and Allied Cemeteries include Ascension Cemetery in Airmont; Calvary Cemetery in Woodside; Resurrection Cemetery in Staten Island; St. Ann’s Cemetery in Kingston; and St. Mary’s Cemetery in Rye Brook.