Moffat County is set to join in on a nationwide tradition on Saturday at the Craig (Fairview) Cemetery for the second straight year.
Wreaths Across America, founded by Morrill Worchester, the owner of Worcester Wreath Company, will take place Saturday, Dec. 19 at the cemetery, starting at 10 a.m. with Frank Sadvar of the local Elks chapter leading the way.
This year, after having just 45 wreaths last year in its first year participating, the Craig Elks Lodge will have 508 live, balsam veterans’ wreaths to place on the graves of veterans. In total, Craig Cemetery has 783 service members buried there.
When Worcester was a 12-year-old paper boy for the Bangor Daily News in Harrington, Maine, when he won a trip to Washington D.C. His first trip to our nation’s capital was one he would never forget, and Arlington National Cemetery made an especially indelible impression on him. That experience followed him throughout his life and successful career, reminding him that his good fortune was due, in large part, to the values of this nation and the veterans who made the ultimate sacrifice for their country.