PRESS PHOTOS BY SCOTT M. NAGY In snow and cold temperatures, volunteers place wreaths on veterans' graves Dec. 19 at Cedar Hill Memorial Park, 1700 Airport Road, Hanover Township, Lehigh County, as part of Wreaths Across America, a national event that honors the country's military heroes.

A volunteer pays his respects after placing a wreath on a veteran's grave.

Volunteers gather socially distant to honor the country's fallen heroes. Each veteran's name was read aloud during a brief ceremony.

Wreaths adorn the graves of 5,000 veterans at Cedar Hill. Across the country, an estimated 1.7 million wreaths were placed on headstones this day.