We exist so no name is ever forgotten.
The Blue Line Project is a community of families, officers and citizens who believe that remembering the fallen is a duty, and that caring for the people they left behind is how that duty is kept.
It started with a simple question: who remembers them after the funeral?
In the days after an officer dies, the community turns out. Motorcycles line the streets, the honor guard stands watch and a city pauses. Then life moves on, and the family is left to carry the weight alone.
The Blue Line Project was founded to stay after the cameras leave. We keep showing up for anniversaries, birthdays and graduations. We keep the names in front of the public. And we make sure surviving families know that the line their loved one held is still being held for them.
Four values behind everything we do.
Say their names
Every officer is a person first. We tell their stories with dignity and accuracy, and we speak every name aloud.
Stay present
Grief does not end after the service. We stand with survivors for the long road, not just the first week.
Give with care
We treat every gift as a trust, and we direct it to the programs that serve families and remembrance.
Build bridges
Remembrance brings officers and the public together. We create spaces where both can grieve and heal.
A tradition of honor, decades in the making.
National Police Week is proclaimed
President John F. Kennedy designates May 15 as Peace Officers Memorial Day and the week around it as National Police Week.
The national memorial is dedicated
On October 15, the National Law Enforcement Officers Memorial is dedicated in Judiciary Square, Washington, D.C., its walls engraved with the names of the fallen.
Flags lowered for the fallen
Congress directs that the U.S. flag fly at half-staff on Peace Officers Memorial Day, a gesture of national mourning each May 15.
The stories find a home
The National Law Enforcement Museum opens across from the memorial, preserving the history and sacrifice of American law enforcement.
The Blue Line Project carries it forward
We bring that same spirit of remembrance home, into local communities, schools and the lives of surviving families every day of the year.
The people they loved become our family.
Spouses, children, parents and partners carry a loss most of us will never understand. We help them reach memorial events, connect with other survivors who know the road, and find practical help when life gets heavy.
If you lost a loved one in the line of duty, we would be honored to hear their story and walk alongside you.
“Heroes are remembered by the lives they touched. We make sure those lives keep telling the story.”BLUE LINE PROJECT
Help us keep every light burning.
Give once, give monthly, or volunteer your time at a local vigil.