New Port Richey Elks Lodge #2284 participated in a Wreaths Across America ceremony by placing 558 wreaths on the graves of veterans interred at Memorial Gardens Cemetery in New Port Richey. Over 100 lodge members and the public attended.
Pictured are John Herig Jr., event chair and five-year trustee; Sue Payton; Robert Payton, U.S. Coast Guard; and John Herig Sr., U.S. Army veteran. They are laying a wreath on the grave of U.S. Navy veteran Robert Payton.