The Veterans Remembrance Tree Program was established as another way to remember and honor our veterans. As Gold Star families visited the land where the balsam tips are harvested each year for the wreaths that are placed on veteran’s graves, they found a sense of peace and tranquility form the land. WAA established a program to give them a living memorial to their lost loved ones.

“We created the Veteran Remembrance Tree Program because we wanted to find a way to recognize the fallen soldiers and their families in a more permanent way,” explains Karen Worcester, Executive Director of Wreaths Across America. “This endless forest is a truly visual representation of our unwavering commitment to our mission to Remember, Honor and Teach and to recognize our fallen soldiers and families this year and for many years to come.”​

Sioux Center Wreaths Across America has placed a tag on 15 trees out in Columbia Falls, Maine to ensure that our fallen heroes that we honor every Memorial Day and National Wreaths Across America have a living legacy that will be used to ensure that no veteran is ever forgotten. These Remembrance Trees are kept in production and are tipped every three years; those balsam tips are then used to make the veteran’s wreaths that are placed each December.