Honoring the past - inspiring the future
Wreaths Across America, Chattanooga is proud to be honoring our Heroes at Chattanooga National Cemetery. Our mission is to ensure every veteran is honored with a wreath each year. As there is no government funding for the honoring of our Heroes with wreaths in December, we rely on local Patriots like you to sponsor wreaths to make this mission happen. (Wreaths Across America, Chattanooga has no paid employees).
All Wreaths ARE PURCHASED FROM Wreaths Across AmeriCA.
For every $17 wreath sponsored through our website, $5 goes toward a wreath for an unknown. So for every 7 wreaths sponsored ($119), 9 wreaths come to the cemetery and 2 unknowns are honored!
Please Note: Chattanooga National Cemetery Staff is not responsible for the Wreaths Across AMERICA event at the cemetery.
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*****2025 IMPORTANT information *****
Tuesday, November 25th: Cutoff Date for Wreath Orders (Wreaths purchased after this date are not guaranteed for 2025 placement)
Saturday, December 13th: Wreaths Across America Day will begin at 9:00am. Please park at Erlanger Hospital. Signs for parking will be present. Busses will shuttle volunteers to/from the cemetery starting at 8AM
Thank you for supporting Wreaths Across America.
Wreath placement is a time to remember, honor, and teach. Wreath laying is not an adornment of graves. We do not decorate. We remember our heroes, their service, their sacrifices. We participate not to honor their deaths but to celebrate their lives.
Here are a few basic guidelines for you or your group when honoring the life of the deceased on National Wreaths Across America Day December 13,2025.
No wreaths are to be placed until after the (very short) 9AM ceremony.
Please do not take more than one or two wreaths at a time for placement. Many people want to participate, and we want to allow everyone the opportunity.
Place the wreath with reverence, bow at the top, pause in gratitude, say their name (or thank you), and salute the stone that represents the person whose memory is being honored. If you are nonmilitary, you can bow your head in respect in lieu of a hand salute. (For proper wreath placement etiquette, watch the video below)
Wreaths are to only be placed in designated sections. Please do not move boxes to other sections.
Additionally, please do not place wreaths on graves with small, solid colored flags as family members will be placing these Grave Specific Wreaths. Please do not remove the flags, even after wreath placement, as they help us ensure all the Grave Specific Wreaths have been placed.
This year, Grave Specific Wreaths will be available for placement in front of the columbarium Thursday December 11th and Friday December 12th between 2:00PM and 5:30pm, as well as during the general Remembrance Wreath placement on Saturday December 13 between 9 and 3:30PM. On Thursday and Friday you can drive into the cemetery to pick up your wreath, but on Saturday we are encouraging people to utilize the shuttle service being provided from Erlanger. At the end of the day Saturday, any wreaths not picked up by family are placed by Volunteers.
Wreath retirement will occur on January 17, 2026, beginning at 8:00 a.m. Details will be available on the Wreaths Across America, Chattanooga website www.chattanoogawaa.com
Blessings and comfort to you and yours in the New Year. We are grateful to have you participate.
To learn more email info@chattanoogawaa.com or Phone us at 423-250-3215
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Wreaths cost $17 each. You can order online through the Sponsor Wreaths link, or you can use the order form found HERE and donations can be mailed to:
PO Box 23881
Chattanooga, TN 37421
WE DID NOT GET TO HONOR EVERY VETERAN AT THE CHATTANOOGA NATIONAL CEMETERY HONORED WITH A WREATH IN 2024. LET'S HONOR MORE IN 2025!
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If you would like to volunteer to help, please visit our Volunteer page to find out how.
For proper wreath placement etiquette, watch the video below.
About
Each December on Wreaths Across America Day, our mission to Honor All Veterans at Chattanooga National Cemetery is carried out by coordinating wreath-laying in Chattanooga, Tennessee, Learn how it all started…
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It is said that a person dies twice. Once when his physical body dies and once when his name is said for the last time. We want all American Heroes to be remembered. We can’t do that without your support. You can donate toward wreaths, and/or volunteer your services.