An act of service on MLK Day

Each December, volunteers lay wreaths on the graves at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Upper Makefield to remember and honor veterans as part of the national Wreaths Across America program. On Monday, volunteers were back to clean up and remove the wreaths in another act of service that was held on Martin Luther King Jr. holiday.

Charlene Lindsey, left, of Holland, steadies the pole as Debbie Eppolito, of Levittown, stacks wreaths from the gravesites at Washington Crossing National Cemetery  in Upper Makefield on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.
Charlene Lindsey, left, of Holland, steadies the pole as Debbie Eppolito, of Levittown, stacks wreaths from the gravesites at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Upper Makefield on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.
Dave Coulston, of New Hope, does his part in removing wreaths from the gravesites of veterans buried at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Upper Makefield on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.
Dave Coulston, of New Hope, does his part in removing wreaths from the gravesites of veterans buried at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Upper Makefield on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.
Doylestown American Legion Post 210 members Rick Fulginiti, left, and Ed O’Dwyer, carry a pole filled with wreaths that they gathered from the gravesites of veterans buried at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Upper Makefield on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.
Doylestown American Legion Post 210 members Rick Fulginiti, left, and Ed O’Dwyer, carry a pole filled with wreaths that they gathered from the gravesites of veterans buried at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Upper Makefield on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.
Charlene Lindsey, of Holland, picks up another wreath from the gravesites at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Upper Makefield on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.
Charlene Lindsey, of Holland, picks up another wreath from the gravesites at Washington Crossing National Cemetery in Upper Makefield on Monday, Jan. 17, 2022.

This article originally appeared on Bucks County Courier Times: An act of service on MLK Day