![Janice and Jack Bradley spent Thanksgiving 2020 at the home of Janice’s brother and sister-in-law and Wreaths Across America co-coordinators David and Kim Brown. WAA works to place a live wreath on the grave of every veteran. Photo Credit: Courtesy Janice Bradley](/images/resized/images/news/2016/323_jun11/10_100_100.jpg)
Janice, Mark, David and Paul Brown all grew up in Gallup. Today, no matter where they live, three of them remember the fourth with a wreath.
Each year on a Saturday, Wreaths Across America Day is coordinated nationwide with Arlington National Cemetery. It is the day that live wreaths are laid on the graves of veterans.
It’s a job that Janice Bradley took on when she saw a story about the organization on television. Bradley contacted her brothers Paul and David about sponsoring a wreath for their brother Mark Brown, Sgt. E5, who served in the Army in Viet Nam, Korea and Desert Storm.
The Brown family sponsored additional wreaths for veterans in the Santa Fe cemetery.
David, who...