Wreaths Across America

A caravan loaded with Maine-made balsam wreaths made its way to Arlington National Cemetery last weekend, and volunteers gathered in Virginia Saturday to place nearly 260,000 wreaths at the gravesites of fallen service members. The convoy departed Sunday from Harrington and made several stops across Maine before continuing onward to New Hampshire and Vermont on Monday. The road trip continued…

At cemeteries across New England, wreaths were placed at the headstones of those who made the ultimate sacrifice.

The coronavirus pandemic almost stopped a 20-plus year holiday tradition at Arlington National Cemetery and beyond but a Maine-based charity is not letting that happen. On Monday, Arlington National Cemetery announced that Wreaths Across America, which puts thousands of wreaths on veteran’s graves there and at other cemeteries, could not hold its annual wreath-laying event this year because of...

A Maine-based charity will continue the annual holiday tradition that puts thousands of wreaths on the gravestones of veterans at Arlington National Cemetery and beyond — an event that almost didn’t happen this year because of the pandemic.