Wreaths across America

A little more than fifty years ago an ambitious twelve year old boy, Morrill Worcester, won a trip to Washington D.C by selling the most editions of his hometown paper, The Bangor Daily News. While visiting Arlington National Cemetery the paper-router was instilled with respect for National service and sacrifice. Three decades after that inspirational trip the Down-East'r seized an opportunity in 1992 to honor Veterans when his Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine had an unexpected sur

A little more than fifty years ago an ambitious twelve year old boy, Morrill Worcester, won a trip to Washington D.C by selling the most editions of his hometown paper, The Bangor Daily News. While visiting Arlington National Cemetery the paper-router was instilled with respect for National service and sacrifice. Three decades after that inspirational trip the Down-East'r seized an opportunity in 1992 to honor Veterans when his Worcester Wreath Company of Harrington, Maine had an unexpected sur…