DAILY LEADER / JUSTIN VICORY / Rep. Becky Currie (left) addresses the crowd at the Military Memorial Museum during Thursday’s Wreaths Across America program as key event organizer and Walmart Distribution Fleet Safety Manager David Simmons looks on. 

The Patriot Guard Riders stand ready to escort the Walmart containers, stuffed with thousands of wreathes, to Houston for the Wreaths Across America ceremony finale Saturday, Dec. 14.