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(EMAILWIRE.COM, May 21, 2012 ) Sallisaw, Oklahoma -- With commodity celebrities often owning the attention of the modern mass media, two veterans from Oklahoma announce the launch of a new website to shine the spotlight on those who often go unnoticed.
AmericanHeroProject.org is the work of Clint Davis (Navy Vet) and Dustin DeMoss (Air Force Vet). The site and its associated Facebook group will remember one fallen service member each week, with the hope of shifting the media’s attention back to those who have given a sacrifice that most celebrities are not brave enough to entertain.
Co-Founder Dustin DeMoss explains more about the current problem:
“It’s ironic – this morning I visited a major online news outlet and was greeted with the headline ‘Celebrity Stunners who don’t even need makeup,’ yet this week we lost seven U.S service people in Afghanistan and the media are acting like it didn’t happen,” DeMoss says.
He continues, “These are seven people who died for the continued freedom of the American people, yet our news media would rather jump on stories about Ellen DeGeneres’s new house or the secrets to Christie Brinkley’s eternal youth. It just goes to show how shallow the news media can be – when they actually have a responsibility to tell the stories and aspirations of those who served abroad and didn’t come home alive.’’
AmericanHeroProject.org will be officially launching on May 28th; Memorial Day. Wanting to feature memorials to the lives, dreams and hopes of fallen service people, the site’s founders are inviting the public to share the stories of their loved ones.
“We are giving everyone who has lost someone a chance to share that person’s story,” says Clint Davis.
“We will feature one fallen service member each week on our website and our Facebook group. In doing so, we hope the media will consider leaving the celebrities alone for once and turning their attention to those brave soldiers who have made such a difference in the world.”
Stories are welcome from the friends and families of fallen soldiers, sailors, airmen, coast guards and marines. Information can be submitted to the website’s Founders via email: dustindemoss@gmail.com
To access the official American Hero Project Facebook page, click here.
With the modern media often jumping to cover every movement, quip and fashion accessory of celebrities, the American Hero Project was launched with a mandate to give fallen service people more of the limelight.
The website and its associated Facebook group will tell the story of one fallen service member each week, with families and friends welcome to submit information about the lives, hopes and dreams of the ones they have lost.
AmericanHeroProject.org was founded by Navy Veteran Clint Davis and Air Force Veteran Dustin DeMoss. DeMoss also serves as Vice-Chair of the Veterans Caucus of the Young Democrats of Oklahoma and as 2nd district representative on the veterans committee of the Oklahoma Democrat Party.
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