Don Queeney hit the road early Friday with a fragrant cargo: 4,000 fresh evergreen wreaths that volunteers will lay atop veterans’ headstones in Arlington National Cemetery Saturday.

The owner of Hampton Roads Moving and Storage Company, along with hundreds of truck drivers across the country, is a volunteer for Wreaths Across America. On Saturday, National Wreaths Across America Day, the nonprofit will lay more than 900,000 wreaths at more than 1,100 veterans cemeteries nationwide.

Queeney is one of 62 truckers hauling the 247,000 wreaths bound for Arlington. Since Dec. 2, he or representatives from his company have helped transport 20 shipments of wreaths between Worcester Wreaths in Maine to Arlington and other veterans cemeteries in Virginia.

“I do this to honor and pay back to those who have served in our military, “ said Queeney. “It’s humbling and makes you feel like a part of something bigger than yourself.”

On Saturday, more than 3,000 volunteers are expected to place more than 7,000 wreaths in Suffolk’s Albert G. Horton Jr. Memorial Veterans Cemetery. The Horton Wreath Society — a nonprofit committed to adorning every grave in the state-run veterans’ cemetery annually — is hosting the event from 9 a.m. to 1:30 p.m. Saturday.

The Horton Wreath Society also gets its wreaths from Worcester Wreaths.

People’s reaction to trucks passing by with loads of wreaths is heartwarming, Queeney said.

“People know the logo and that we do this for vets,” he said. “We get waves, flashing lights, unrequested police escorts through towns across the country.”

More details about volunteering in Horton’s wreath-laying ceremony:

The program will kick off with the laying of the ceremonial row of wreaths at 9 a.m. At 10 a.m., family members with relatives interred in Horton will have the opportunity to place wreaths on their family members’ graves. After that, the general wreath placements by veterans, military, fraternal organizations, Scout troops and other volunteers will begin. Volunteers are not required to sign up in advance.

The wreath society will hold a formal ceremony once the last wreath has been placed. The ceremony will include a guest speaker, music and a final procession.

Volunteers are asked to show up no later than 9:30 a.m. at the cemetery, 5310 Milners Road, Suffolk.