Rest easy, sleep well.

Know the line has held, your job is done.

Rest easy, sleep well.

Others have taken up where you fell, the line has held.

I'd like to share the story of Wreaths Across America, which started in 1992 when Worcester Wreath Company (a for-profit commercial business from Harrington, Maine) began a tradition of placing wreaths on the headstones of our Nation's fallen heroes at Arlington National Cemetery. The Owner, Merrill Worcester, not only provides the wreaths, but covers the trucking expense as well.

Over that 15 year period of time, Worcester Wreath has donated 75,000 wreaths which were placed by volunteers in a wreath-laying ceremony each December. Most years groups of Maine School kids combine an educational trip to DC with this event to help out. Making this even more remarkable is the fact that Harrington is in one of the poorest parts of the state.This year, Worcester Wreath Company will do even more to show its respect and appreciation for those who serve, by doing the following:

Doubling its annual donation to 10,000 wreaths destined for Arlington National Cemetery.

In addition to the Arlington Wreath Project, Worcester Wreath will donate 2,500 wreaths to the Maine Veterans Cemetery at Togus, and over 1,800 ceremonial wreaths, representing all branches of the armed forces, will be sent to over 200 other state and national veterans cemeteries across the Country.