Harrington firm sends wreaths to Arlington

HARRINGTON – The Worcester Wreath Co., in conjunction with the Maine State Society, will donate 4,000 fir balsam wreaths to decorate the graves of the nation’s honored dead in Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

At 9 a.m. Saturday, Dec. 9, a white truck from Jonesboro will travel to Arlington to deliver the wreaths gathered from the company and other Maine wreath makers.

More than 50 volunteers from the Maine State Society and local VFW posts will place the wreaths on graves of soldiers, sailors and airmen from all wars and from all states and territories. Some 400 of them will be placed on the graves of those who perished when the Battleship Maine was sunk in Havana Harbor in 1898.

Hugh Dwelley, a resident of Cranberry Isles, is coordinating the event for the Maine State Society.