Maine man to place wreaths at Arlington

For the 15th year, Morrill Worcester, owner of Worcester Wreath Co. of Harrington, will donate and oversee the placement of approximately 5,000 Maine balsam fir wreaths on the graves of servicemen and women buried at Arlington National Cemetery in Arlington, Va.

The wreaths are made by Maine volunteers and professional wreath makers and transported on a truck donated by the Blue Bird Ranch Inc. of Jonesboro.

Special wreaths also will be placed at the USS Battleship Maine Monument, at the graves of President John F. Kennedy, Sen. Robert F. Kennedy, Secretary of State Edmund Muskie, and the Tomb of the Unknowns.

This year, Worcester initiated Wreaths Across America, with a goal of placing memorial wreaths at each of the 23 state and national veterans cemeteries and monuments across the country.

For information see www.wreathacrossamerica.org.