Pelion, S.C.-based leafy greens grower-shipper WP Rawl honored fallen military heroes by participating in Wreaths Across America Day in December.
A company truck and trailer traveled to Columbia Falls, Maine, to pick up thousands of fresh evergreen wreaths to be placed on the gravestones of veterans, a traditional symbol of respect, according to a news release.
Each year, National Wreaths Across America Day occurs in more than 1,600 locations in all 50 U.S. states, at sea and abroad.
For the first time in five years of participating, WP Rawl picked up wreaths for two national cemeteries in South Carolina.
Staff delivered more than 28,500 wreaths to Fort Jackson and Beaufort National Cemetery.
“It was a humbling experience and great joy meeting all of the folks that want to honor our military heroes,” driver and peacetime U.S. Army veteran Craig Ruff said in the release.
Beaufort National Cemetery held a parade Dec. 19, in which trucks crawled into the cemetery accompanied by a crowd of cheering volunteers.
WP Rawl has supported the Wreaths Across America organization by donating services, sponsoring wreaths and sending employees who volunteered to lay wreaths on fallen veterans’ graves.
