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Project, what is it? >> it was started last year by a young woman emily, it wasn't honor project yet. a young woman who went to visit grandfather in arlington and sent out a tweet, hey, how can i help those who can't be here. i will visit your lovered ones graves. visited over 60 grave site that is day and joined up with us after memorial day and you guys know how to put things together and bring out volunteers and we have now formed the honor project. we have over 300 volunteers that are going to be visiting 4,000 graves in arlington. >> we see you with your father colonel tom manion and your...

After a long period of pandemic isolation, many people may desire to eschew commemoration for three days of communal frivolity. We should reject that urge.

Photo courtesy of Emily Domenech This weekend, hundreds of volunteers will gather at Arlington National Cemetery to visit the graves of people they have no connection to. Throughout the day, they will place wooden flags to honor thousands of veterans on behalf of loved ones who weren’t able to travel to Arlington. The Honor Project, as the effort is called, is the brainchild of Alexandria’s Emily Domenech, who has teamed up with the Pennsylvania-based Travis Manion Foundation, a non-profit that offers support to veterans and the families of fallen soldiers. Together, Domenech and Manion ...

May 18, 2021 Last year we introduced you to a Proud American named Emily Domenech, who used her smartphone and patriotic spirit to bring the headstones of our heroes to their friends and family on Memorial Day, when COVID-19 restrictions prevented them from visiting Arlington National Cemetery in person. This year, Emily has teamed up with Ryan Manion of the Travis Manion Foundation for a collaboration called “The Honor Project.” Emily and Ryan join the podcast to share more information about this special project, including how you can get involved.

Emily Domenech spent Memorial Day last year in Arlington National Cemetery fielding an influx of requests from people around the country, hustling around the grounds to send back pictures of their loved ones’ graves. The response was overwhelming. ESPN, “The View,” Fox News, and other outlets covered Domenech’s impromptu effort. Eager to do even more this year, Domenech joined forces with the Travis Manion Foundation to create #TheHonorProject. “We are mobilizing volunteers to visit our national heroes interred at Arlington National Cemetery this Memorial Day weekend on behalf of th...