Wreaths Across America (WAA) is proud to announce that its Mobile Education Exhibit (MEE), which has been traveling the country to honor our nations veterans, will make several tour stops in Florida. The WAA MEE will be stopping in Florida starting on Oct. 2.

“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,” said Karen Worcester, executive director, Wreaths Across America. “However, over the last year, in light of the current health crisis, 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 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.

Stops in Florida will include:

PENSACOLA, FL – Saturday, Oct. 2 – The Kiwanis Club of Big Lagoon welcomes the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit to remember this country’s fallen heroes, and honor America’s military and their families, and teach youth about the value of freedom. In support of this effort, the WAA MEE open to the public for free tours. The MEE will be located at 13430 Gulf Beach Highway from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

DESTIN, FL – Sunday, Oct. 3 – The West Florida Chapter NSDAR will host the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit for free tours to the public, to help honor local veterans and active-duty military. The MEE will be located at 20001 Emerald Coast Parkway Destin, FL 32541 (Fudpuckers Restaurant) from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

NAVARRE, FL – Tuesday, Oct. 5 – Navarre Beach Chamber of Commerce welcomes the Wreath Across America Mobile Education Exhibit from 9:00 A.M. to 6:00 P.M. for a scheduled event that is both free and open to the public. This event is presented by Emerald Coast Wreaths Across America FL0832 and will take place at United Methodist Church, 9474 Navarre Pkwy, Navarre, FL 32566.

FORT WALTON BEACH, FL – Wednesday, Oct. 6 – Fort Walton Beach Welcomes Wreaths Across America’s Mobile Education Exhibit from 9:00 A.M. to 5:30 P.M. for a scheduled event that is both free and open to the public. This event is presented by Emerald Coast Wreaths Across America FL0832 and will take place at 135 Parry Avenue SE (union Fidelity Bank).

BROOKSVILLE, FL – Monday, Oct. 11 – Winding Waters Chapter NSDAR hosts the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit to remember this country’s fallen heroes, and honor America’s military and their families, and teach youth about the value of freedom. In support of this effort, the WAA MEE open to the public for free tours. The MEE will be located at 13173 Cortez Blvd. from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ORANGE CITY, FL – Wednesday, Oct. 13 – Wreaths Across America Deltona Memorial Gardens (Florida) welcomes the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit to remember this country’s fallen heroes, and honor America’s military and their families, and teach youth about the value of freedom. In support of this effort, the WAA MEE open to the public for free tours. The MEE will be located at 2621 Enterprise Rd. from 10 a.m. to 6 p.m.

LADY LAKE, FL – Thursday, Oct. 14 – The Villages American Legion Welcomes the Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit to remember this country’s fallen heroes, and honor America’s military and their families, and teach youth about the value of freedom. In support of this effort, the WAA MEE open to the public for free tours. The MEE will be located at 699 W Lady Lake Blvd. from 11:30 a.m. to 4 p.m.

ORMOND, FL – Saturday, Oct. 16 – Destination Daytona will host the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit at Rossmeyer Harley Davidson for Biketoberfest weekend. There will be free tours of the MEE as it will be open to the public, to honor local veterans and active-duty military. The MEE will be located at 1637 US1 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

ORMOND, FL – Sunday, Oct. 17 – Destination Daytona will host the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit at Rossmeyer Harley Davidson for Biketoberfest weekend. There will be free tours of the MEE as it will be open to the public, to honor local veterans and active-duty military. The MEE will be located at 1637 US1 from 10 a.m. – 6 p.m.

INVERNESS, FL – Monday, Oct. 18 – On Monday, Oct. 18,2021 Aaron A. Weaver Military Order of the Purple Heart Chapter 776 will host the Wreaths Across America Mobile Unit at Liberty Park, 268 North Apopka Ave, Inverness, FL 34450. It will be open from 9:00 A.M. until 4:00 P.M.

LAKELAND, FL – Thursday, Oct., 21 2021 – Saddle Creek Logistics Services welcomes the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit to remember this country’s fallen heroes, and honor America’s military and their families, and teach youth about the value of freedom. In support of this effort, the WAA MEE open to the public for free tours. The MEE will be located at 3010 Saddle Creek Road from 11 a.m. to 2 p.m.

CLEARWATER, FL – Saturday, Oct. 23 – Bert’s Harley Davidson & Fran Haasch Law welcomes the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit to remember this country’s fallen heroes, and honor America’s military and their families, and teach youth about the value of freedom. In support of this effort, the WAA MEE open to the public for free tours. The MEE will be located at 10525 49th St N from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.

NEW PORT RICHEY, FL – Sunday, Oct. 24 – Wreaths Across America & Harley Davidson New Port Richey will host the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit for free tours open to the public, to remember our Fallen Veterans. The MEE will be located at located at 5817 FL-54 from 10 a.m. – 5 p.m.

RIVERVIEW, FL – Monday, Oct. 25 – Serenity Meadows Funeral Home, Crematory, and Memorial Park will host the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit for free tours open to the public, to remember our Fallen Veterans. The MEE will be located at located at 6919 Providence Rd from 11 a.m. – 7:30 p.m.

ST. CLOUD, FL – Tuesday, Oct. 26 – Sons of Union Veterans of the Civil War, Camp 4 will host the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit at Vet-Fest for free tours open to the public, to help honor local veterans and active-duty military. The MEE will be located at 5817 FL-54 from 9 a.m. – 5 p.m.

AMELIA ISLAND, FL – Thursday, Oct. 28 – Wreaths Across America (WAA) in Yulee is proud to announce a local stop for the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit (MEE) national tour. The MEE started its tour at the WAA Headquarters in Maine and will be in the area for a scheduled event that is both free and open to the public from 2 p.m. to 4 p.m. The event will take place at Wildlight located behind the Red Story Center Building, 123 Tinker Street, Yulee.

ST. AUGUSTINE, FL – Friday, Oct. 29 – Veterans Council of St. Johns County will host the WAA Mobile Education Exhibit at Vet-Fest for free tours open to the public, to help honor local veterans and active-duty military. The MEE will be located at 1650 A1A SOUTH from 9 a.m. – 4 p.m.

Additional stops are still pending.

When the MEE pulls into your area, 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.

The public tours for the MEE are free and open to the public with social distancing, sanitation and COVID-19 safety procedures in place to protect the health of all visitors in accordance with the CDCs recommendation for large gatherings stemming from concerns surrounding the COVID-19 pandemic. 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.

To host the MEE in your community, whether it be for a parade, a school-related or veterans’ organization, or a public or private event, visit https://wreathsacrossamerica.org/mee to make a request.

Wreaths Across America is the non-profit organization best known for placing wreaths on veteran’s headstones at Arlington National Cemetery. However, in 2020, the organization placed more than 1.7 million sponsored veterans’ wreaths at 2,557 participating locations nationwide. Throughout the calendar year you can tune in to Wreaths Across America Internet Radio, 24/7, to learn more about the mission and those who support it across the country, as well as the hundreds of local charitable efforts nationwide that are funded through wreath sponsorships.

You can sponsor a veteran’s wreath anytime for $15 at www.wreathacrossamerica.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, Dec. 18, as part of National Wreaths across America Day.

Click here to find a local participating cemetery near you to support go to and type in your town and/or state.

About Wreaths Across America

Wreaths Across America is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization founded to continue and expand the annual wreath-laying ceremony at Arlington National Cemetery begun by Maine businessman Morrill Worcester in 1992. The organization’s mission – Remember, Honor, Teach – is carried out in part each year by coordinating wreath-laying ceremonies in Dec. at Arlington, as well as thousands of veterans’ cemeteries and other locations in all 50 states and beyond.

For more information or to sponsor a wreath please visit www.wreathsacrossamerica.org.