As part of the National Wreaths Across America Day on Dec. 18, in the Masonic Village Cemetery, residents of Masonic Village at Elizabethtown memorialized 62 veterans who lie at rest in the cemetery and 73 who are inurned in the Sell Chapel Columbarium, also on campus. The veterans served as long ago as the Civil War.

The ceremony included Civil War re-enactors who carried a wreath to the grave of Jackson McGlathery, the first resident of Masonic Village - then Masonic Homes - to be interred in 1906. As each wreath was placed, the veteran's name was read aloud out of respect and appreciation for his or her service to the U.S.

Through 2013, approximately 1,800 individuals were buried in the cemetery. It was up to the family or descendants to recognize and identify veterans. Prior to 2017, only 13 grave sites contained military standard holders with American flags. The Masonic Village Veterans Committee, which organizes annual programs to honor veterans on campus, has worked to identify 46 additional veterans. The goal is to identify all veterans, men and women, interred at the Masonic Village Cemetery.

Wreaths Across America ceremonies are conducted annually in December at more than 2,500 locations, including Arlington National Cemetery.