“There’s a gravitas to that simplicity.” If the wreath isn’t at the grave, then where did it go? The project, planned in secrecy, is largely absent from history books. Outside of archival ...

Recently, Edmund Potter of Waynesboro, a UVA architectural history graduate, laid a wreath at McConnell’s tomb ... France to examine the battle sites and to visit the American cemetery in Normandy.

After JFK was lowered into the ground, the honor guard attending the ceremony threw their hats on the wreath as a sign of respect to the late Commander-in-Chief. This spontaneous act of tribute was so ...

The library staff—like most of the world—hadn’t even known that the wreath existed until a few ... she turned to Bunny to weigh in on her husband’s grave. But how was a metal sculpture ...

“Why the wreath was not placed at the grave remains a mystery,” said Elinor Crane, a head volunteer at Oak Spring, the estate that had been the home of Rachel Mellon and after her death was ...