laying wreath
Honoring the fallen
Laying wreath describes the ceremonial act of placing a wreath at a memorial, grave, or monument to honor the dead.
The phrase appears most often in formal contexts—veterans laying wreaths at war memorials, dignitaries at state funerals, or families at gravesites: The president participated in a laying wreath ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
- war memorialTribute to fallen soldiers
- ceremonyFormal event marking occasions
- tributeOffering of respect
- flowersPlant reproductive structures
grave · tomb · honor · remembrance · fallen soldiers · soldier · veteran · gold star · cemetery · garland · mourning · solemn · monument · eternal flame · November · Armistice Day · Memorial Day · poppy
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- Signs of Respectsalute, bow, handshake, curtsy, hat tip
- diplomacyembassy, ambassador, ambassadors, treaty, treaties
laying wreathbaby shower
Pre-birth gift gathering
wedding toast · ribbon cutting · groundbreaking ceremony · housewarming
laying, wreath, layer, layers, layering, overlay, wreaths, wreathed, wreathing