wreath laying
Honoring the fallen
Wreath laying is the ceremonial act of placing a wreath at a memorial, grave, or monument to honor the dead.
The ritual appears at state funerals, veterans' commemorations, and anniversaries of tragedies: The president participated in a wreath laying at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier.
The formal compound emphasizes the occasion's solemnity.
- remembranceAct of holding something in mind
- cenotaphTomb without a body
- tomb of the unknown soldierMemorial to unidentified casualties
- processionFormal moving line
- honor guardMilitary tribute formation
military honors · Armistice Day · ceremony · memorial service · Veterans Day · honor · memorial · 21-gun salute · minute of silence · tribute · Arlington · flowers · garland · poppy · fallen soldiers · fallen heroes · homage · solemnity
- mourning customsfuneral, funeral service, wake, visitation, burial
- celebrationsgraduation, festival, party, wedding, fireworks
- ceremonieswedding ceremony, wedding, weddings, graduation, graduations
- commemorationscommemoration, remembrance, memorial service, centennial, bicentennial
- Military HolidaysMemorial Day, Veterans Day, fallen heroes, remembrance, veteran
- mourningfuneral, burial, grief, bereavement, wake
wreath layingribbon cutting
Ceremonial business launch event
groundbreaking ceremony · inauguration · victory parade · christening · baby shower
wreath layingburial
Placing deceased underground
interment · entombment · funeral · cremation · committal
wreath layingdesecration
Violating something sacred
damnatio memoriae · vandalism · iconoclasm · tomb raiding · forgetting