MRFF Assists Jewish Veteran’s Widow Stand Against DOD Supported Religious Desecration of Husband’s Grave

December 4, 2024

It’s that time of year again — time for the grifters known as Wreaths Across America (WAA) to indiscriminately carpet bomb thousands of national and other cemeteries where veterans are buried with their Christmas wreaths, Christianizing the graves of countless Jewish, Muslim, and other non-Christian veterans, as well as veterans of non-faith traditions.

This year’s annual desecration of non-Christian veterans graves by WAA — made even more egregious by being endorsed, heavily promoted, and participated in by the United States Military — will take place a week from Saturday on December 14.  While WAA insists that it only places its Christmas wreaths on the graves of Christian veterans, the literally hundreds of photos sent to MRFF of WAA’s Christmas wreaths defiling innumerable graves that are clearly marked with the Star of David, Muslim crescent and star, other non-Christian religious symbols, and non-faith tradition symbols prove WAA’s claim to be a bald-faced lie.

MRFF’s first salvo in this year’s battle to keep non-Christian veteran’s graves from being Christianized by WAA was to intervene with the Pikes Peak National Cemetery on behalf of a Jewish veteran’s widow to keep her husband’s gravesite off-limits to WAA and its Christmas wreath blitzkrieg and to get the cemetery to allow her to place a Menorah at the gravesite. 

The following note of appreciation was received from MRFF’s client in this matter:

From: (MRFF Client’s e-mail address withheld)
Subject: Pikes Peak National Cemetery (Colorado Springs, Colorado)
Date: December 4, 2024 at 2:56:21 PM MST
To: <[email protected]>

Please accept my gratitude for the totally satisfactory and speedy resolution of my issues with Pikes Peak National Cemetery located in Colorado Springs, Colorado. The respect and genuine concern for my pain shown to me by Michael Weinstein at Military Religious Freedom Foundation was heartfelt and sincere. The issue involved my request to place a symbol of Hanukkah on my husband’s grave and my refusal to allow Wreaths Across America to place a Christian symbol there. Shortly after Mr. Weinstein’s intervention I received a call from the cemetery director allowing me access and the right to place a Menorah at my husband’s grave. I am (age withheld) years old and it will soon be mine. THREE CHEERS AND FIVE GOLD STARS FOR MILITARY RELIGIOUS FREEDOM FOUNDATION!

(MRFF Client’s name withheld)

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