From staff reports
Beaufort County has announced a local stop for the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit (MEE) National Tour.
The Mobile Education Exhibit will be in Beaufort from noon to 5:30 p.m., Sunday, Nov. 6, at the Beaufort County Administration Building – Robert Smalls Complex, 100 Ribaut Road, Beaufort.
The event is free and open to the public.
“The goal of the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit is to bring community together and teach patriotism while remembering the service and sacrifice of our nation’s heroes,” Wreaths Across America Executive Director Karen Worcester said in a news release. “Over the last two years we feel this exhibit has taken on even more meaning by providing the opportunity for people to safely participate in something that is both educational and inspiring, while supporting and giving back to the communities it visits.”
The MEE brings 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 to serve as an official ‘welcome home’ station for our nation’s Vietnam Veterans.
All veterans, active-duty military, their families, and the local community members are invited and encouraged to visit, take a tour and speak with WAA representatives and volunteers. They can also share more about the national nonprofit, and the work its volunteers do to support our heroes and their communities year-round.
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 National Cemeteries. In 2021, the organization placed more than 2.4 million sponsored veterans’ wreaths at more than 3,100 participating locations nationwide.
For more information, to donate or to sign up to volunteer, please visit https://wreathsacrossamerica.org/GA0175P.
