Wreaths Across America’s Mobile Education Exhibit National Tour, Makes 15 Stops in Pennsylvania to Honor Veterans, and Supporters
Wreaths Across America (WAA) is proud to announce that its Mobile Education Exhibit (MEE), which has been traveling the country to honor our nations veterans, will make 15 tour stops in Pennsylvania. Starting on June 6, 2021, the WAA MEE will be in Pennsylvania for the first of multiple stops.
“The goal of the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit is to bring community together and teach patriotism while remembering the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes,” said Karen Worcester, executive director, Wreaths Across America. “However, over the last year, in light of the current health crisis, we feel this exhibit has taken on even more meaning by providing the opportunity for people to safely participate in something that is both educational and inspiring, while supporting and giving back to the communities it visits.”
The MEE achieves this goal by bringing the local community, veterans, active-duty military and their families together through interactive exhibits, short films, and shared stories. The exhibit serves as a mobile museum, educating visitors about the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes as well as serving as an official ‘welcome home’ station for our nation’s Vietnam Veterans.
Stops in Pennsylvania will include:
WASHINGTON, PA – Sunday, June 6, 2021 – The Marine Corps League Washington County Detachment 1138 will host the WAA MEE for an open house to honor our nation’s veterans and active duty military. The MEE will be located at Strabane Square, 335 Washington Road from 11am – 4:00pm.
ROARING SPRINGS, PA – Tuesday, June 8, 2021 – Smith Transportation will host the WAA MEE for a private event to celebrate their participation in Delivery wreaths for Wreaths Across America.
HANOVER, PA – Wednesday, June 9, 2021 – The Col Richard Mc Clalister Chapter, NS Daughters of the American Revolution will host the WAA MEE for a free open house for the public, to honor our nation’s veterans and active duty military. The MEE will be located at the Lowes Parking lot on Eisenhower Street from 10am – 4pm.
MECHANICSBURG, PA – Thursday, June 10, 2021 – The Cumberland Valley Corvette Club and Lawrence Chevrolet will host the WAA MEE for a car show, while honoring our nation’s veterans and active duty military at 6445 Carlisle Pike from 10:00am – 6:00pm.
EAST BERLIN, PA – Friday, June 11, 2021 – The East Berlin VFW will host the WAA MEE for a “Touch-A-Truck” event, in honor our nation’s veterans and active duty military. The MEE will be located at 107 Locust Street, from 12pm – 8pm.
GAP, PA – Saturday, June 12, 2021 – The Gap VFW located at 4988 Lincoln Hwy will host the WAA MEE for a WAA celebration day in the Pequea Valley from 10:00am – 1:00pm.
LEESPORT, PA – Sunday, June 13, 2021 – The Friends of WAA – IGNC will host the WAA MEE for a free public event to honor our nation’s veterans and active duty military at 983 James Dr. from 9am – 4pm.
OXFORD, PA – Monday, June 14, 2021 – The Southern Chester County, PA will host the WAA MEE for an open house to honor our nation’s veterans and active duty military at 2158 Baltimore Pike from 10am – 6pm.
MONTOURSVILLE, PA – Wednesday, June 16, 2021 – The Central PA Wreaths Across America will host the WAA MEE for an open house to honor our nation’s veterans and active duty military at the American Legion Post 104 located at 1312 Broad St. from 10am – 6:30pm.
MARIETTA, PA – Thursday, June 17, 2021 – Jagtrux Inc. is holding a free open house for the public to tour the WAA MEE in honor of our nation’s veterans and active duty military and to celebrate their participation in Wreaths Across America Day December 18th, 2021 at 1435 river road from 9am – 4pm.
HARRISBURG, PA – Friday, June 18, 2021 – The Pennsylvania Motor Truck Association is holding a free open house for the public to tour the WAA MEE in honor of our nation’s veterans and active duty military and to celebrate their participation in Wreaths Across America Day December 18th, 2021 at 5045 Jonestown Rd from 10am – 5pm.
PLYMOUTH, PA – Saturday, June 19 – The Plymouth American Legion will host the WAA MEE for an open house to honor our nation’s Veterans and active duty military at the City Hall parking lot at 150 Wadham from 9am – 4pm
WILKES-BARRE, PA – Sunday, June 20, 2021 – The Wyoming Valley Chapter NSDAR will host the WAA MEE for a free public event to honor our nation’s veterans and active duty military at the Lowe’s parking area located at 501 Arena Hub Plaza from 9am – 4pm.
BUTLER, PA – Monday, June 21, 2021 – The General Richard Butler Chapter NSDAR will host the WAA MEE in conjunction with their 130th anniversary celebration. for an open house to honor our nation’s veterans and active duty military at the American Legion Post 778, 150 Legion Memorial Lane from 9am – 4pm.
PITTSTON, PA – Tuesday, June 22, 2021 – RC Moore Inc. will host the WAA MEE for an open house to honor our nation’s veterans and active duty military at 301 Oak St. from 1pm – 4pm.
When the MEE pulls into your area, all veterans, active-duty military, their families, and the local community members are invited and encouraged to visit, take a tour and speak with WAA representatives and volunteers. They can also share more about the national nonprofit, and the work its volunteers do to support our heroes and their communities year-round.
The public tours for the MEE are free and open to the public with social distancing, sanitation and COVID-19 safety procedures in place to protect the health of all visitors in accordance with the CDCs recommendation for large gatherings stemming from concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. Members of the media, dignitaries, veterans and other interested groups are urged to come, ask questions, share stories and experience this one-of-a-kind exhibit.
To host the MEE in your community, whether it be for a parade, a school-related or veterans’ organization, or a public or private event, visit https://wreathsacrossamerica.org/mee to make a request.
Wreaths Across America is the non-profit organization best known for placing wreaths on veteran’s headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. However, in 2020, the organization placed more than 1.7 million sponsored veterans’ wreaths at 2,557 participating locations nationwide. Throughout the calendar year you can tune in to Wreaths Across America Internet Radio, 24/7, to learn more about the mission and those who support it across the country, as well as the hundreds of local charitable efforts nationwide that are funded through wreath sponsorships.
You can sponsor a veteran’s wreath anytime for $15 at www.wreathacrossamerica.org. Each sponsorship goes toward a live, balsam wreath that will be placed on the headstone of an American hero as we endeavor to honor all veterans laid to rest at noon on Saturday, December 18, 2021, as part of National Wreaths across America Day.
Click here to find a local participating cemetery near you to support go to and type in your town and/or state.
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About Wreaths Across America
Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization’s mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in December at Arlington, as well as thousands of veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.
For more information or to sponsor a wreath please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.
