3173 Waltham Blvd
Burlington NC 27215
100 Trees & Thousands of Stories at Camp Tillman.
Free admission.
Open year round, 12-8 pm on Tuesday, Thurs, Fri,
Sat 12-6
Private tours can also be scheduled. 717-515-7418
Meet a Red Cross Salute to Heroes
Civilian Hero of 2022
Your support and contributions will enable us to honor and remember veterans and families of the fallen across the country. We charge nothing to deploy our tribute. We call this “God’s project so these are his problems”. Every single time, he blesses our mission with a sponsor to help get us from point A to point B. Those who donate are part of his plan and our gratefulness can never compare to his.
The Tree of Valor is a 501(c)3 organization. Before becoming a nonprofit, the project was funded by the generosities of great Americans with donations of photos, trees, supplies, volunteers, and plenty of places in NC for veterans and their families to come visit the troops and trees. We love joining forces with other VSO’s and sharing their mission. We now travel the country going wherever God sends us.
That’s where you will find our troops and trees, sea to shining sea. Started the Christmas of 2019, our first tribute of a dozen troop covered trees made their debut in Greensboro, NC. By fhe end of 2024, we will have shared this tribute at almost 150 places in three years, in counties across NC and 10 states!!
We are adding to our list of states where the Tree of Valor tribute has been:
1. Where do you get the photos?
A myriad of places including but not limited to family, friends, associates, communities we serve, nominated photos, & historical events.
2. What is the reason for the different colored trees?
Green is for active military and veterans. White is for those killed in action, training accidents, and suicides. Gold is for Gold Star families, silver is for the Twin Towers, and purple are for Purple Heart recipients.
3. Why did you start this?
When our son became a Marine, we started collecting photos of family and friends who were in the military as a way to show our son the story he was a part of. The goal was just to let him know how much we appreciated him. We made the photos into wooden mementos not knowing what would become of them.
One simple Christmas tree became a Tree of Valor. That tree became a forest where veterans and their families find a solace that only they understand. Our mission is to never let their sacrifice be forgotten.
-Marcus Tullius Cicero-
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The Tree of Valor is a traveling pictorial tribute honoring our nation’s heroes of the past and present.
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