Event to Feature Wine and Craft Beer Samplings, Light Bites and Music All to Help Fund December 19, and Future, Laying of Wreaths on Veteran Gravesites

New Britain, Conn., October 6, 2026 – A Wine & Beer Fest featuring Connecticut breweries and vendors showcasing wines of the world and local craft brews will take place Friday, October 23, at VFW Post 511 New Britain, with net proceeds benefitting DAV Hardware City Chapter 8’s Wreaths Across America of New Britain Project.

Tickets are just $25 per person for the event, which takes place from 5-8 p.m. at the 41 Veterans Drive, New Britain venue. All attendees must be 21 or over. Advance ticket purchases are highly recommended and are available online at www.davchapter8.org. Walk-ins will be welcomed as space allows.

The event will feature wine tastings offered by Happy Harry Wine & Liquor Discount Warehouse and Stew Leonard’s of Newington. Craft beers will be provided by Alvarium Beer Company of New Britain, Counter Weight Brewing Company of Cheshire, Kinsmen Brewing of Southington and Whalers Brewing Company of South Kingston, Rhode Island. Non-alcoholic brews will be provided by Athletic Brewing Company of Milford. Finger foods and light music will also be offered.

National Wreaths Across America Day takes place this year on December 19 at more than 6,000 locations nationwide and abroad, including New Britain’s Fairview Cemetery. Details, including time of the New Britain ceremony, are to be announced.

In addition to the above vendors, major sponsors of Wreaths Across America of New Britain 2026 include Patriot Sponsors the Community Foundation of Greater New Britain, Anthony Micacci and Family, Perkins Travel, Unity Lodge 148, Connecticut Freemasons and VFW Post 511; Red Sponsors Richards Machine, New Britain Memorial and Donald D. Sagarino Funeral Home, Rotary Club of New Britain-Berlin, Mopars in Motion and Costco; and White Sponsors Franco-American War Veterans Post 26, GB Law Group, Gitlin & Company, LLC, Home Sweet Home Realty, the Hudyma Family, Image Ink, Napcon Communications, Don and Phyllis Naples, the Rotary Club of Kensington-Berlin, Saucier Mechanical Services, Shaker-Hill Funeral Home, the Suburban Woman’s Club of Greater New Britain, Dennis and Lumnao Taricani, Tomasso Group and Walmart Newington.

Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery which was begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization’s yearlong mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as at thousands of veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.

To become a sponsor, buy a wreath, donate or learn more, visit www.davchapter8.org.

Media Contact: Dennis Buden, DAV Hardware City Chapter 8 (860) 558-0514 dennis.buden@davchapter8.org