Volunteers across Long Island laid wreaths on veteran's headstones to honor and remember their service and sacrifice.

Hundreds of volunteers unloading boxes of wreaths to take part in “Wreaths Across America” – a national movement to place wreaths at the gravesites of service members at more than 2,500 cemeteries across the country.

Several volunteers placed wreaths at Calverton National Cemetery on Saturday.

Some participants have family members who have served while others just wanted to give back.

The volunteers tell News 12 it's important to remember veterans all year long and especially during the holiday season.

“When we lay a wreath, you're supposed to say the name out loud...because they might not have had anyone say their name for years, so it's a way to always remember them,” says Debbie Stondell, of Holtsville.

The wreaths are made with 10 bouquets of fresh balsam fir. Each bouquet represents a quality of every service member - belief, strength, love, honesty, humility, ambition, optimism, concern, pride, hopes and dreams.

More than 11,000 wreaths will be placed at the final resting place of our fallen warriors in Calverton. The wreaths were provided through corporate sponsorships, private donations and fundraisers.