The volunteers from Will County Farm Bureau who drove the wreaths in their pickup trucks/livestock trailers early in the early morning to the Abraham Lincoln National Cemetery for placement on the graves.

Manhattan farmer Dave Kestel allowed the use of his machine shed to store the wreath deliveries from the East Coast until it was time to load them on to individual pickup trucks.

Manhattan farmer Dave Kestel, right, is a longtime supporter of Wreaths Across America.

Steve Brodie took a picture of his wife laying a wreath or two out at the ALNC for their WAA day on Saturday, December 13.

Unmasked! Those cold wreath-layers on the front page are Krissy Bettenhausen, Debbie Lueken, Amy Wheeler, Melissa Stick and Dawn Brown.