16, 2021 /PRNewswire/ - The country's longest veterans' parade – Wreaths Across America's annual escort to Arlington National Cemetery – kicks off on Saturday, Dec. Through organizations such as these, we can do our part to help show our support and respect for our nation’s Veterans and their families.COLUMBIA FALLS, Maine, Nov. Organizations such as Wreaths Across America strive to honor each story, much like we do at the National Veteran’s Memorial and Museum.
With each ceremony, the volunteers do their best to make sure that every Veteran is remembered, aiming to fulfil the mission statements of the organization as a whole to remember, honor, and teach about the service of America’s veterans. Every $0.86 of each donated dollar goes to the placement ceremonies and the wreaths. Wreaths Across America has had an extensive impact on the tradition of remembrance and honor for Veterans around the holiday season. Sites at the Pearl Harbor Memorial, Bunker Hill, Valley Forge, and even the Reached 1,000, with over 700,000 wreaths donated to different locations such as Wreaths in about 300 different locations that year. Grown so much that the Worcester family, along with various other individualsĪnd Veterans programs officially created the organization “Wreaths AcrossĪmerica.” This led to an official, unanimous Congressional vote in 2008 thatĭeclared December 13 “National Wreaths Across America Day,” after laying This photo instantly gained nationalĪttention, bringing the whole event into a new light. Under the radar of the national media for several years.Ĭhanged, as a photo of the gravestones adorned with wreaths and traditional red Wreaths, prompting the company to donate seven wreaths to each state: one forĮach branch of the service as well as POW/MIAs. This event quicklyīecame tradition, and many sites from all around America began requesting Whose graves are getting less and less visitors each year. Placed in one of the older sections of the Cemetery as to honor the veterans With other companies, individuals, and organizations to have these wreaths Looking back on his experience as aīoy, he decided to donate these extra wreaths to the Arlington Cemetery. In 1992, about twenty-one years after its start, Worcesterįound himself with a surplus of wreaths. Morrill started up a wreath company called ‘Worcester Wreaths,” which grew This trip had left a lasting impact that carried with him throughout his career. During this trip, the young boy was incredibly taken by the sight of the Arlington National Cemetery, a cemetery in which approximately 400,000 American military personnel are buried and honored. At age twelve, Worcester won a trip to Washington DC through his job as a local paperboy. Morrill Worcester, an entrepreneur from Maine and the founder of Wreaths Across America, recognized that these simple, festive decorations could be used to benefit a greater cause. That wreath on the front door truly makes a home feel warm and welcoming, especially during the dark, cold months of winter. Despite how many lights, figures, or ornaments we put on the exterior of our houses, the decorating is never complete without that classic holiday ornament of pine branches, often adorned with simple red ribbons, pinecones, bulbs, and berries, and a symbol of comfort and thankfulness throughout the holiday season. We spend hours of our time unpacking and organizing, making sure that everything is just right as the season rolls around. Around this time of year, we’ve all become accustomed to going down to the basement, picking up that storage bin filled to the brim with miscellaneous decorations, and warming our houses with the beautiful feeling of Christmas.
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