TheAxeman
Well-known member
This is just a heads up for any of you guys from Maine to DC who want to join our escort of a truck hauling wreaths for gravesites at Arlington. The owner of the company has donated these wreaths for the past 15 years and this year he has asked us to escort.
This is the tentative route but you can get more info on the PGR site.
The info below was recently posted.
"We have been asked to escort a truck taking 5000 wreath's from the Worchester Wreath Co. in Harrington Maine To ANC below are the dates and route the truck will be taking.
The truck taking the wreath’s to Arlington will be leaving the warehouse in Harrington, ME on Route 1 at noon on Sunday the 10th of December and stop overnight at in Freeport ME. On Monday the 11th the truck will head down Route 1 and over to I-95 and cross into New Hampshire then back to Route 1 through Massachusetts, and on to Westerly, Rhode Island where it will stay overnight.
On Tuesday December 12th it will take Route 1 through Connecticut to New York to the Cross Bronx Expressway over the GWB to the New Jersey turnpike south to Elizabeth, NJ where it will pick up Route 1 again and head to Trenton, NJ for an overnight layover. On Wednesday December 13th the truck will take Route 1 into Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland and on to Arlington. The Ceremony will be held at noon in the Arlington on the 14th.
This is the submitted route that Mr. Worcester would like to take, If there are any issues in your area please get them posted as soon as possible if we need to make adjustments to the route I would like to make them as soon as possible."
This is the tentative route but you can get more info on the PGR site.
The info below was recently posted.
"We have been asked to escort a truck taking 5000 wreath's from the Worchester Wreath Co. in Harrington Maine To ANC below are the dates and route the truck will be taking.
The truck taking the wreath’s to Arlington will be leaving the warehouse in Harrington, ME on Route 1 at noon on Sunday the 10th of December and stop overnight at in Freeport ME. On Monday the 11th the truck will head down Route 1 and over to I-95 and cross into New Hampshire then back to Route 1 through Massachusetts, and on to Westerly, Rhode Island where it will stay overnight.
On Tuesday December 12th it will take Route 1 through Connecticut to New York to the Cross Bronx Expressway over the GWB to the New Jersey turnpike south to Elizabeth, NJ where it will pick up Route 1 again and head to Trenton, NJ for an overnight layover. On Wednesday December 13th the truck will take Route 1 into Pennsylvania, Delaware,
Maryland and on to Arlington. The Ceremony will be held at noon in the Arlington on the 14th.
This is the submitted route that Mr. Worcester would like to take, If there are any issues in your area please get them posted as soon as possible if we need to make adjustments to the route I would like to make them as soon as possible."