DeLane Kellogg shakes the hand of Ephrata resident and Vietnam veteran David Dungan and welcomes him home. Those working with the Wreaths Across America program work to honor those who served, both living and those who have passed on.
August 8, 2022
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Wreaths Across America visits Ephrata
Mobile display honors those who served
EPHRATA - The Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit made a stop in Ephrata on Friday. The exhibit is a trailer that features a short video, pictures and infographics about Wreaths Across America and volunteers there to talk with visitors. “It’s the personal connection,” said Deborah Kellogg, Wreaths Across America Ambassador. “You can read things but when you come in here and you’re immersed in it, and we can talk to you about it, instead of just looking at a screen. We can carry on a human conversation.” Deborah and her husband, DeLane Kellogg are ambassadors for WAA and said they love doing it. Wreaths Across America is a program started in 1992 by Morrill Worcester of Worcester Wreath Company based in Harrington, Maine. That year, Worcester found his company with extra wreaths nearing the end of the holiday season. He decided he would arrange for the surplus of wreaths to be laid at Arlington National Cemetery, according to the event’s website...