Stewarding America’s Patriot Legacy.
American Graves Foundation exists to ensure America’s patriot graves are not only found and documented, but actively cared for, remembered, and passed forward through local stewardship.
The mission is stewardship.
American Graves Foundation exists to locate, document, verify, preserve, and steward the graves and stories connected to America’s patriots — from the Revolutionary War forward. The archive matters. The book matters. But the living mission is care.
Document
Collect names, service records, grave locations, family details, photographs, and historical context through a standardized archival process.
Steward
Invite families, volunteers, chapters, cemeteries, and communities to adopt the ongoing responsibility of remembrance and grave care.
Honor
Create dignified profiles, ceremonies, publications, and Stewardship Markers that bring remembrance back into public view.
Publish
Transform verified research into legacy books, digital archives, educational resources, and gift-quality historical keepsakes.
The living mission of American Graves.
The Stewardship Program gives families, volunteers, historical societies, patriotic organizations, churches, schools, and communities a clear way to take responsibility for a patriot grave — not once, but over time.
Adopt a Patriot Grave
Identify a grave, document its condition, confirm available records, and become part of its ongoing circle of remembrance.
Maintain the Memory
Encourage regular visits, photographs, seasonal checks, light clean-up, flag placement, and respectful reporting when repair is needed.
Pass the Story Forward
Connect each grave to a written profile, family record, community tribute, book feature, or future digital archive entry.
From lost names to lasting remembrance.
The Foundation combines volunteer research, family collaboration, cemetery documentation, historical verification, stewardship activity, and thoughtful storytelling into a repeatable preservation system.
Locate
Identify patriot graves, cemetery locations, family leads, and overlooked memorial records.
Verify
Confirm service history, lineage details, grave markers, records, and available supporting documentation.
Steward
Assign remembrance responsibility through families, volunteers, chapters, cemeteries, schools, or local communities.
Publish
Share stories through digital profiles, printed books, community ceremonies, and stewardship campaigns.
A living archive for the names history almost lost.
The Patriot Legacy Project is the Foundation’s public-facing archive and publishing initiative — connecting grave documentation, family history, stewardship activity, veteran remembrance, and publication into one legacy system.
Patriot Profiles
Beautifully written historical profiles that preserve each patriot’s name, service, place, and story.
Stewardship Program
The core mission: helping families, chapters, cemeteries, volunteers, and communities care for patriot graves over time.
Legacy Gifts
Premium printed materials, books, certificates, and keepsakes that make remembrance tangible.
Help us steward the next grave.
Submit a patriot, join the Stewardship Program, sponsor research, support the book project, or help American Graves Foundation build a permanent record of service, sacrifice, and care.