Christmas Wreaths arrive for Wreaths Across America

Thursday, December 16, 2021

Dexter Statesman/Josh Ayers

The Christmas Wreaths arrived for the Wreaths Across America ceremony on Saturday at the Missouri Veterans Cemetery. The cermoney will take place at 11 a.m. A Christmas Wreath will be placed at each of the headstones and the Columbarium Walls. Bucheit Logistics delivers the wreaths each year.

Jeff Buchheit (left) and driver David Ayers of Cape Girardeau, stand in the back of the truck waiting to unload the next pallet. The driver each year is a military veteran. The deliveries each year are made on a voluntary basis.
Jeff Buchheit moves a pallet into position to be lifted off the truck.