Wreaths Across America at Arlington

Every December for the last 14 years, WAA's Morrill Worcester loads a truck with thousands of Christmas wreaths and drives from Maine to Arlington to honor the country's fallen.

Wreaths adorn grave markers at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va., Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006 during the annual holiday wreath laying sponsored by The Arlington Wreath Project, part of the Wreaths Across America program.

Wreaths adorn grave markers after the annual holiday wreath laying, sponsored by The Arlington Wreath Project, part of the Wreaths Across America program, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006 at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

Wreath laying volunteers for the annual holiday wreath laying, sponsored by The Arlington Wreath Project, part of the Wreaths Across America program, pause as a caisson carrying a casket to a burial passes by, Thursday, Dec. 14, 2006 an Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

NEWSBYTES

America Supports You: Wreaths Encourage Remembering Fallen Heroes
By Jim Garamone
ARLINGTON NATIONAL CEMETERY, Va., Dec. 14, 2006 (AFPS) -- Morrill Worcester was 12 years old and on his first trip outside of Maine when he first visited this shrine to America’s heroes. Read it, images.

Maine Wreath-Maker Honors Veterans
HARRINGTON, Maine (AP) -- Money virtually grows on trees in eastern Maine, where balsam fir branches are transformed into hundreds of thousands of Christmas wreaths worth millions of dollars each holiday season.

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