Lytle to host Wreaths Across America on December 13 in three cemeteries

WHAT: Lytle Community Cemetery and Lytle Masonic Cemetery, an official Wreaths Across America (WAA) location, will host a 1st Annual wreath-laying ceremony, joining more than 4,900 other locations across the country for National Wreaths Across America Day. Coordinated and led by local volunteers, sponsorship groups have raised funds throughout the year to sponsor the placement of 210 veterans’ wreaths on the headstones of our fallen service members laid to rest there. This annual event seeks to further the yearlong mission to Remember, Honor, Teach, ensuring that the memory of those who served our country endures.
WHEN: Saturday, December 13, 2025 at 11:00 am.
WHERE: The ceremony will be held at all 3 of the Lytle Cemeteries: Lytle Community Cemetery at 15309 Laredo St., also at the Masonic Cemetery and the Concepcion Cemetery.
Veterans, active service members and families For more information or to sponsor a wreath, please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org Please use our Location ID: TXLTCC.
Franklin Wanjura, Jr. and Pam Wanjura accepted a donation check from Randy Garcia, President of Lytle State Bank for the 1st Annual Wreaths Across America ceremony for the Lytle Community in August.
“Franklin and I have helped with the Devine Wreaths Across America program for the last few years, and wanted to do this for our community. So together with other volunteers, we are working to cover the 210 wreaths that are needed for the 3 cemeteries,” stated Pam Wanjura. “We started back in January of this year going through records and talking to family members to find out if anyone had served that is buried in the three local cemeteries. It has taken a lot of time and patience.”
Local Contacts: Efrain Vasquez, (479) 925-0998, email: sergeantmajorpain88 @gmail.com; and Pam Wanjura, (210) 422-1875, email: pamwan @sbcglobal.net
The wreaths are $17.00 each and the Ceremony is slated for December 13, 2025 at 11:00 am.
About Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery, which was begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization’s yearlong mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at thousands of veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.