Sentence examples for placed wreaths from inspiring English sources

Despite a downpour, attendees placed wreaths next to the statue of a Minuteman as scheduled in midmorning.

In January, when Google first threatened to leave China, many young people placed wreaths at the company headquarters in Beijing as a sign of mourning.

Fifteen imams placed wreaths of flowers yesterday outside the offices of the satirical magazine known, among other things, for lampooning radical Islam.

People placed wreaths and flowers at the base of the memorial, a block of glass brick inscribed with diary entries and letters written years ago by Americans in Vietnam.

In New Zealand on Tuesday, Newcastle manager Alan Pardew and club captain Fabricio Coloccini placed wreaths on two seats among the club's supporters before a pre-season match.

President Woodrow Wilson delivered an address and veterans from North and South placed wreaths on the graves.

It enabled President François Mitterrand to continue placing wreaths on Pétain's tomb in honor of the marshal's World War I accomplishments.

While almost all the parents voted to cancel the trip, the children were fiercely divided, after having spent so much time in class discussing plans like placing wreaths at Arlington National Cemetery.

They placed two wreaths on the ground in front of the building — red gladioli and yellow chrysanthemums from West Germany, red carnations and white lilies from Israel.

In November 2008, I stood at the Cenotaph in London as three veterans placed poppy wreaths in memory of their fallen comrades.

Following Denby's speech, three young girls that were descendants of Du Pont, Ann Andrews, Emily Du Pont and Mary Harvey, placed laurel wreaths in the fountain water.