Must See: The Lionhearted Project Shares the Stories of 22 Veterans

With Veterans Day comes an onslaught of discount codes from retailers, social media posts thanking vets, and many proud parents and vets changing their profile pictures. It's only celebrated for one day and then quickly forgotten about, but there's so much that should be talked about for more than just one day.

The Lionhearted Project and Safariland have done just that by spotlighting veterans in a genuine way. They produced a powerful 24-minute short film that gives you a raw glimpse into the realities many vets have faced and are still facing. The film is definitely worth the watch, as are the individual stories.

The Lionhearted Project explains:

Every day, an average of 22 veterans take their own life, yet this disquieting statistic is rarely noted by the media or our elected leaders. The Lionhearted project visits 22 veterans from the Army, Air Force, Marines and Navy while veteran artist, Shawn Ganther expresses their untold story through art.

A 24-minute short film, and each individual art piece featuring a veteran’s combat story provides a digital channel for all Americans to celebrate these heroes. This storytelling spotlights each warriors’ experiences of courage, combat and comradery while in Afghanistan, Iraq and other active war zones. The video features interviews conducted veteran-to-veteran, as well as footage of both combat and their present-day home and work life.

These individual art pieces depicting the personal war-time experiences of our surviving warriors will be created in the colors, Red, White and Blue. The final artwork creates a 6-foot long, 350-pound mosaic of the American flag.  This tribute to veterans’ stories will live forever enshrined at the National Veterans Art Museum so that their loyal self-sacrifice may become, and remain, a source of our national pride.

Watch the full film here:

To learn more about The Lionhearted Project, go to https://lionheartedfilm.com/

Check out the individual stories from the veterans featured in The Lionhearted Project:

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