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Wreaths Across America: Holiday tradition honors veterans

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    Power Player of the Week: Morrill Worcester

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It's that Christmas tradition here to share the story of how one family has found a way to express the meaning of the holiday season.

It's a moving example of love for our country and personal generosity.

Once again here's our power player of.

We wouldn't have the opportunities.

If it wasn't for the people who fought for us.

And gave their lives -- us.

It's not plain spoken wisdom that is driven moral -- for years on a mission that has touched America's hard.

Each December Worcester places Reeves at Arlington national cemetery and thousands of volunteers are there to help him.

I think a lot of people think like thank you and they just one -- -- -- that they appreciate to veterans and they want to show.

This story begins back in 1962.

When bluster than a twelve year old paper boy from Maine won a trip to Washington.

What impressed him most was Arlington.

Its beauty and dignity and those rows and rows of great news.

Every one represents a life and then a family -- this kind of story.

They're not just tombstones and -- a -- people.

Thirty years later in 1992.

Was -- was running -- -- wreath company in Harrington many.

But as Christmas approached he had a bunch left over.

-- -- a real fresh too great.

I just made.

And I just didn't want strong why.

He thought of Arlington and all those graves.

When the cemetery approved he and a dozen volunteers drove the -- down and laid them on the head stones.

And so it continued for years until a few Christmas is back when an air force sergeant took this picture which ended up on the Internet.

Kind of struck a nerve and then people he mailed it to each other -- That it didn't really went around the world.

Would they -- the next year as he and his workers -- the Worcester wreath company floated off 5000.

And 2653.

And they embark on what -- pulls the world's longest veterans for right.

A 750.

Mile journey but at some point attracted more than a hundred vehicles.

And when they got to Arlington so many people wanted to participate.

The ceremony or about to witness it's an -- replaying ceremony.

Jimmy get -- for the -- -- -- company.

Four years -- paid for all of this out of his own pocket.

And he started -- across America sending -- -- -- cemeteries and war memorial is around the country.

But he will need help to reach his new golf.

Figure out two point seven million graves.

And that's a tall order to decorate two point seven million -- of and -- they're going to do what he's tired I really would idea sometime I don't know how but hey you know how long you gonna keep doing this.

I'm gonna keep doing it for as long as.

I work and then I know my family is going to continue so.

Can be -- from.

Long time.

This is the 21 year moral Worcester has taken on his Christmas wreath project at Arlington and other veterans cemeteries.

In all fifty states and overseas and this year they reached a milestone they have now placed one million reads to honor men and women.

Who defended our nation.

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