On Dec. 17, members of Fort Walton Lodge participated in the Wreaths Across America event at Beal Memorial Cemetery in Fort Walton Beach, Florida. Along with veterans’ groups, they assisted in laying 1,300 remembrance wreaths on the graves of veterans and saying the name of every veteran aloud. This annual endeavor has three missions — to remember the fallen, to honor those who serve and to teach children the value of freedom.
Pictured in the front row are Mark Wynn, Inner Guard; Marcia WrightReynolds, Lecturing Knight; and Collette Willey. In the back row are Blake Humphries; Paul Willey, PER, 4-year trustee, “Taz” WrightReynolds, PER, Exalted Ruler; and Tom McLaughlin, Leading Knight.
“Taz” WrightReynolds is also pictured presenting a remembrance wreath on the grave of his father, MSgt. Donald E. Reynolds, USAF Ret., a veteran of World War II, the Korean War and the Vietnam War.