time. this is the 25th year morrill worchester has taken on his christmas wreath project. this month, more than 800,000 volunteers helped place more than 1.2 million wreaths on veterans graves in all 50 states and overseas. and after going to arlington last week, morrill dropped by to discuss why this project is still growing after a quarter century. i think it s really it s america. it s what america needs to be. you know, there s a lot of people that have roots in the military, that have veterans that have served and so on, and they just want to you know, to spend a little time remembering those people and being at the cemeteries all over the country and just saying their names out loud and keeping
and a family and a story. they aren t just tombstones. those are all people. 30 years later in 1992, worchester was running his own wreath company in harrington, maine. but as christmas approached, he had a bunch left over. these wreaths were real fresh, just made, and i just didn t want to throw them away. he thought of arlington and all those graves. when the cemetery approved, he and a dozen volunteers drove the wreaths down and laid them on the headstones. and so it continued for years until a few christmases back when an air force sergeant took this picture, which ended up on the internet. it kind of struck a nerve and people e-mailed it to each other, and it really went around the world. we were there the next year as he and his workers at the worchester wreath company loaded up 5,265 wreaths.
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 is our power player of the week. we wouldn t have the opportunities if it wasn t for the people who fought for us and who gave their lives for us. it s that plainspoken wisdom that has driven morrill wore ses ter on a mission. each december, he places wreaths at arlington national cemetery, and thousands of volunteers are there to help him. i think a lot of people think like i do. they just want to they appreciate the veterans and they want to show it. this story begins back in 1962, when worchester, then a 12-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 graves. every one represents a life
continue. so it will be here for a long time. this is the 25th year morrill worchester has taken on his christmas wreath project. this month, more than 800,000 volunteers helped place more than 1.2 million wreaths on veterans graves in all 50 states and overseas. and after going to arlington last week, morrill dropped by to discuss why this project is still growing after a quarter century. i think it s really it s america. it s what america needs to be. you know, there s a lot of people that have roots in the military, that have veterans that have served and so on, and they just want to you know, to spend a little time remembering those people and being at the cemeteries all over the country and just saying
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 is our power player of the week. we wouldn t have the opportunities if it wasn t for the people who fought for us and who gave their lives for us. it s that plainspoken wisdom that has driven morrill wore ses ter on a mission. each december, he places wreaths at arlington national cemetery, and thousands of volunteers are there to help him. i think a lot of people think like i do. they just want to they appreciate the veterans and they want to show it. this story begins back in 1962, when worchester, then a 12-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 graves. every one represents a life