HARTFORD, Conn. (WTNH) — State leaders and veterans gathered Monday at the state Capitol in Hartford for the annual Wreaths Across America Ceremony.
Morrill Worcester, a businessman in Maine, came up with the idea of laying wreaths at the gravesites of fallen soldiers in 1992. He made wreaths in his home using the tops of evergreen trees.
More than 30 years later, people are still laying wreaths at gravesites…