The National Purple Heart Honor Mission announced today that it has opened the nomination process for its 2023 Purple Heart Patriot Project. This moving multi-day salute to service will bring together Purple Heart heroes from across America to pay tribute to their courage and sacrifice on behalf of a grateful nation. 

Often described by honorees as the “trip of a lifetime,” one Purple Heart recipient and an escort of their choosing from each state will receive an all-expenses-paid trip filled with special tributes, tours and ceremonies honoring their service and sacrifice.

 Anyone can nominate a Purple Heart recipient by completing the nomination form on the Honor Mission’s website: www.purpleheartmission.org/patriot-project. Nominations should include a short description (up to 350 words) of why their hero is deserving of this special recognition and should focus not only on their military service but their post-military life including community service, charitable work and career.

Nominations will be accepted until December 31. Nominees may not be self-nominated.

The Honor Mission will select three finalists from each state and territory and a national panel of Purple Heart recipients and other distinguished Americans will select the final honorees. A complete list of honorees will be announced nationally on President’s Day – February 20, 2023.

The four-day Patriot Project Mission will feature visits to the U.S. Military Academy at West Point; historic Washington’s Headquarters, where the Badge of Military Merit originated in 1782; the Statue of Liberty; and a private tour of the National Purple Heart Hall of Honor – the museum dedicated to our nation’s combat wounded and killed in action.