The Welcome W. Chandler Chapter of the Daughters of the Republic of Texas proudly announces that this Christmas season all 2,000 veterans buried at Greenleaf Cemetery will be revered with lovely, fresh, handcrafted balsam wreaths from Maine.

“We have 2,000 wreaths to lay on Greenleaf Cemetery veterans’ graves next Saturday,” said Mary Lee Bailey Shelton, wreath liaison for Brownwood’s DRT. “We need help!”

The Daughters invite family, friends, and all Brown County community members to the Wreaths Across America Day ceremony at Greenleaf Saturday, Dec. 13, 10 a.m., at the cemetery’s new office. The office is located at the old, original entrance to the cemetery in the 100 block of Texas Street, on the north side of the cemetery.

DRT supports Wreaths Across America’s motto to Remember the

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