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A name for request visit grave. they would find that grave and place a flag, a plaque, they would take a photography and then they would share that photography on social media using the #the honor project pause we really wanted to share that ability for the rest of america to really follow along while we visited and highlighted these graves. i think most americans really want to take the opportunity to do the right thing on memorial day and this is an opportunity not just for our volunteers, many of whom are gold star family members just like sarah but also just for regular people on twitter a...

>> and before the honor project, in addition to this, what else -- but other projects does the foundation do? what else are you working towards? i can't get enough of these. my father served in vietnam. i was in the air force and i just love to see these sort of things thrive. so tell us more about everything you are trying to achieve. >> after travis was killed in iraq, our family started that foundation. we started with a small memorial fund. in today, we had grown to one of the nation's leading veteran services organizations with over 130,000 members across the country and relief of us, it ...

Them to fuel us, to continue his legacy. it is important for us as americans to understand the service and sacrifice of the men and women that have given their all. we committed that day his life was lost to make sure his legacy and legacy of all men and women continued on. >> you were doing that every day, not just on memorial day, it is every day. the honor project co-founded by travis mannion foundation had 300 volunteers. how many veterans have you honored through the project so far? >> i actually got in my car from arlington cemetery and drove here to the studio where we had paid visits t...

Honor project. we hope to expand this nationwide next year. >> ben: excellent, thank you for joining me tonight. also here tonight, my brother, ellis domenech. a major in the army reserves and my brother-in-law jimmy mccain, marine veteran who served in iraq. both are veterans of the afghan war. thanks so much for coming on, thank you. you both have very impressive beards. [laughs] i want to start you, jimmy. you obviously have been someone who's gone through and experienced so much. what does memorial day mean for you? >> memorial day -- first of all, it's great to see you. memorial day is a ...

Emily who spent her morning at arlington national cemetery. emily, thanks for joining me today. >> thanks for having me. >> ben: tell us a little bit about what you are doing today at arlington. >> so i was at arlington with the project i founded with the [indiscernible] foundation called the honor project which brought in 300 volunteers to arlington cemetery to visit graves of the fallen where our volunteers would take names in advance, we'd find their grave, we would place a plaque and then we'd take a photograph and share it on social media and it's a really incredible way not just for an a...