{"type":"rich","version":"1.0","provider_name":"Transistor","provider_url":"https://transistor.fm","author_name":"Transportation Nation","title":"Wreaths Across America from MATS","html":"","width":"100%","height":180,"duration":1093,"description":"Every December, millions of wreaths make their way to veterans' graves across the country. Behind that mission is a network of truckers, sponsors, and volunteers who make it happen.\nIn this episode, Katlyn Foulks and Lee Gentry sit down with guests from Mid-America Truck Show to talk about Wreaths Across America and the trucking industry's role in carrying that mission forward.\nWhat we cover:\n• Courtney George on the 2025 numbers — 3.1 million wreaths, 727 loads, 5,994 locations\n• Lee Gentry on Bennett's journey from 3,000 wreaths in 2017 to over 20,700 at Andersonville National Cemetery\n• Van Brown on Bull Snot, the Christmas stockings for truckers, and how Don Queeney pulled him in a decade ago\n• Brett Hutto of Truck Parking Club on laying wreaths at Arlington for a friend's parents\n• A firsthand account of the convoy and ceremony at Andersonville\n• Details on the Stars, Stripes and White Lines Truck Show, November 6–7 at Echo Park Speedway\nLearn more about Wreaths Across America and how to get involved at wreathsacrossamerica.org.\nTimestamps\n00:16 Cold open: why this mission matters\n00:37 Courtney George on Bennett's role\n01:21 Bennett's wreath delivery growth since 2017\n02:48 New cross-dock to ease trucker logistics\n04:15 2025 by the numbers: 3.1 million wreaths\n04:53 Chasing trucks to honor every sponsor\n06:09 Van Brown enters: the golf ball drop origin\n06:45 Bull Snot stockings for wreath haulers\n08:52 Stars, Stripes and White Lines truck show\n09:25 Patriot Mobile's Andersonville experience\n11:41 Brett Hutto on Truck Parking Club's support\n15:26 Laying wreaths at Arlington for a friend","thumbnail_url":"https://img.transistorcdn.com/dp8Qu1ep64tErzXugq5JHnDw3TVsN2YgBa22Lk5CuGg/rs:fill:0:0:1/w:400/h:400/q:60/mb:500000/aHR0cHM6Ly9pbWct/dXBsb2FkLXByb2R1/Y3Rpb24udHJhbnNp/c3Rvci5mbS9iNmY3/ZDAxNGFhMzg4ZjYx/MDJlYTZlYWIxODkw/MDBmOC5qcGVn.webp","thumbnail_width":300,"thumbnail_height":300}