This unique museum on wheels is free to the community and helps honor local veterans.
Wreaths Across America (WAA) in Joliet is proud to announce a local stop for the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit (MEE) national tour. The tour began at WAA Headquarters in Maine and will be in the area July 6-7 for a scheduled free event open to the public, at Stone City VFW, 124 Stone City Drive.
“The goal of the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit is to bring communities together and teach about the organization’s mission,” said Karen Worcester, executive director of Wreaths Across America. “The exhibit serves as a mobile museum, educating visitors about the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes and serving as an official ‘welcome home’ station for our nation’s Vietnam veterans.”
The mobile exhibit 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.
The public tours for the MEE are free and open to the public. 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.
Wreaths Across America is the non-profit organization best known for placing wreaths on veteran’s headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. However, in 2023, the organization placed millions of sponsored veterans’ wreaths at more than 4,100 participating locations nationwide. Throughout the year, you can tune in to Wreaths Across America Radio, anytime, to learn more about the mission and those who support it across the country, as well as the hundreds of local charitable efforts nationwide funded through wreath sponsorships.
You can sponsor a veteran’s wreath anytime for $17 at www.wreathsacrossamerica.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 14, as part of National Wreaths Across America Day.