MAXWELL, Neb. (AP) — Organizers say more than 1,300 graves at the Fort McPherson National Cemetery in Maxwell will be decorated with wreaths to honor veterans.

The graves will be decorated Saturday during an annual wreath-laying ceremony.

Larry Steinbrink, post quarter master of Veterans of Foreign Wars 1504, says the cemetery has participated in the Wreaths Across America program for the last seven years.

Steinbrink has organized the local effort for the last four years and says the number of graves that have been decorated has increased.

The local Veterans of Foreign Wars take wreath donations throughout the year, but the final push for wreaths begins in November. He says that donations have come from across the state, Florida, New Mexico and Texas.