National Wreaths Across America Day was celebrated in the Miss-Lou and beyond on Saturday, Dec. 17. Hundreds gathered at the Natchez National Cemetery Saturday to place approximately 1,300 wreaths on soldiers' graves. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

National Wreaths Across America Day was celebrated in the Miss-Lou and beyond on Saturday, Dec. 17. Hundreds gathered at the Natchez National Cemetery Saturday to place approximately 1,300 wreaths on soldiers' graves. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Ben Tucker speaks Saturday before the wreath-laying ceremony. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

National Wreaths Across America Day was celebrated in the Miss-Lou and beyond on Saturday, Dec. 17. Hundreds gathered at the Natchez National Cemetery Saturday to place approximately 1,300 wreaths on soldiers' graves. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

National Wreaths Across America Day was celebrated in the Miss-Lou and beyond on Saturday, Dec. 17. Hundreds gathered at the Natchez National Cemetery Saturday to place approximately 1,300 wreaths on soldiers' graves. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

National Wreaths Across America Day was celebrated in the Miss-Lou and beyond on Saturday, Dec. 17. Hundreds gathered at the Natchez National Cemetery Saturday to place approximately 1,300 wreaths on soldiers' graves. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

National Wreaths Across America Day was celebrated in the Miss-Lou and beyond on Saturday, Dec. 17, 2022. Hundreds gathered at the Natchez National Cemetery to place approximately 1,300 wreaths on soldiers' graves. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Easton Floyd, age three, tidies up a ribbon on a wreath he placed on a grave. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Jennifer Klein and her son Zachary Klein place wreaths during Wreaths Across America Day. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

Jennifer Klein and her son Zachary Klein place wreaths during Wreaths Across America Day. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)

National Wreaths Across America Day was celebrated in the Miss-Lou and beyond on Saturday, Dec. 17. Hundreds gathered at the Natchez National Cemetery Saturday to place approximately 1,300 wreaths on soldiers' graves. (Sabrina Robertson | The Natchez Democrat)