In the community, year-round

Adopt-a-Road: the Powhatan Beaty Memorial Bridge

In 2023 we adopted the stretch of VA Route 5 that includes the Powhatan Beaty Memorial Bridge, named for the first sergeant who was born enslaved in Richmond and earned the Medal of Honor at New Market Heights, a few miles from the road. Every quarter since, our volunteers have picked up litter along this Virginia Scenic Byway. It is our longest-running tradition. Gloves and bags provided.

Laps to Honor, every March

Our annual walkathon marks National Medal of Honor Day on March 25. It began in 2023 as a walk at Byrd Park, ten laps, one for each local recipient and one for all the rest, and grew into a week-long virtual event with participants around the world, each day highlighting a different recipient's story.

Public art

In March 2024, with the Richmond Mural Project and artist Hamilton Glass, and support from a Virginia Humanities grant, we painted a mural at 1903 W. Main Street. It depicts four of Richmond's Medal of Honor recipients alongside images of the city: George Street, Ernest Dervishian, Powhatan Beaty, and Jimmie Monteith. Go see it. Then imagine what's next.