This week, hundreds of trucks are carrying handmade wreaths across the country to honor fallen soldiers during this holiday season, as part of Wreaths Across America.


Truck drivers started out in Harrington, Maine, traveling various routes across the country, with volunteers meeting the convoys at state and national cemeteries for ceremonies and to help lay wreaths. A special convoy will arrive in Arlington National Cemetery Saturday with a presentation beginning at 8:30 a.m. and wreath laying beginning at 9 a.m.

"In organizing the transportation and logistics for the wreath deliveries, I was touched with how many trucking companies and professional drivers volunteered to assist in this remembrance," said Barry Pottle, of Pottle's Transportation. "We have trucks delivering wreaths all across the country -- it really demonstrates just how big hearted the trucking industry is."

Share the Road professional drivers Kurt Pedersen (Con-way Freight) and Ben Saiz (ABF Freight System) are running routes to South Carolina, Georgia and Florida. America's Road Team Captain John Foran (UPS) will deliver to cemeteries in New Hampshire and Vermont.

More info: www.wreathsacrossamerica.org