Hamden Welcomes Wreaths Across America

A Tribute In Memory of Trooper Kenneth Hall Scheduled

For Midday Stopover in Hamden

 

HAMDEN  On December 8^th, Wreaths Across America, traveling from Maine to Washington DC, will stop at the Hamden Middle School to speak with students and lay a wreath at the Veterans Memorial.  A ceremony honoring the memory of State Trooper Kenneth Hall, a supporter of WAA, will be conducted during the stopover. Trooper Hall was killed earlier this year in the line of duty. Hamden is the second stop in Connecticut after the Wreaths Across America caravan leaves Old Saybrook.

 

Hundreds of students, local officials and townspeople are expected to greet the solemn caravan that transports more than 12,000 wreaths to be placed by headstones at Arlington National Cemetery.  The 45-minute event is scheduled to begin at 10:45 AM as the trucks and other vehicles travel from the Route 40 connector, down Whitney Avenue and up Dixwell Avenue to the school.  They will return the same route back towards I-91 to continue their patriotic journey.

 

“It is an honor and privilege for Hamden and our students to host the Wreaths Across America volunteers as they carry out what has become a very moving tribute to those who gave their lives for this nation,” said Daniel Levy, Assistant Principal of Hamden Middle School.  Levy, a veteran of the U.S. Coast Guard went on to say, “We are especially honored to have a ceremony in memory of Trooper Kenneth Hall this year.” 

 

Members of Wreaths Across America will conduct a wreath-laying ceremony at the Hamden Veterans Memorial in front of the school and then speak with students. Members of the Gold Star Wives will also be at the ceremony on Wednesday. Local and Town officials, Board of Education, and others will attend. Students will accompany the wreath as it is placed before the names of Hamden’s veterans. Hamden Middle School is located at 2623 Dixwell Avenue.  To learn more about Wreaths Across America and their efforts to honor the nation’s fallen, visit http://www.wreaths-across-america.org/.

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