{"id":2620767,"date":"2026-06-29T08:17:23","date_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:17:23","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/relay-for-america-unites-americans-one-mile-at-a-time\/"},"modified":"2026-06-29T08:18:52","modified_gmt":"2026-06-29T12:18:52","slug":"relay-for-america-unites-americans-one-mile-at-a-time","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/relay-for-america-unites-americans-one-mile-at-a-time\/","title":{"rendered":"Relay For America Unites Americans &#8216;One Mile At A Time&#8217;"},"content":{"rendered":"<aside class=\"mashsb-container mashsb-main mashsb-stretched\"><div class=\"mashsb-box\"><div class=\"mashsb-count mash-medium\" style=\"float:left\"><div class=\"counts mashsbcount\">20<\/div><span class=\"mashsb-sharetext\">SHARES<\/span><\/div><div class=\"mashsb-buttons\"><a class=\"mashicon-facebook mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/sharer.php?u=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.conservativenewsdaily.net%2Fbreaking-news%2Frelay-for-america-unites-americans-one-mile-at-a-time%2F\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Facebook<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-twitter mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/intent\/tweet?text=&amp;url=https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/?p=2620767&amp;via=ConservNewsDly\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Twitter<\/span><\/a><a class=\"mashicon-subscribe mash-medium mash-nomargin mashsb-noshadow\" href=\"#\" target=\"_top\" rel=\"nofollow\"><span class=\"icon\"><\/span><span class=\"text\">Subscribe<\/span><\/a><div class=\"onoffswitch2 mash-medium mashsb-noshadow\" style=\"display:none\"><\/div><\/div>\n            <\/div>\n                <div style=\"clear:both\"><\/div><\/aside>\n            <!-- Share buttons by mashshare.net - Version: 4.0.47--><p>Marathon runners Joe Nail and Wyatt Moss initiated the Relay for America, a <a href=\"https:\/\/amzn.to\/3YuVZYV\" >20-day nationwide flag relay<\/a> from San Francisco to Washington, D.C., coinciding with America&#8217;s 250th anniversary. The event aims to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/vivek-ramaswamy-introduces-scholarship-to-revive-patriotism-among-young-americans\/\" title=\"Vivek Ramaswamy Launches Scholarship to Reignite Patriotism in Youth\">foster national pride<\/a> and unity by involving the public in running, driving, or supporting operations. Over 250 participants are carrying the U.S. flag across 3,000 miles, with each mile dedicated to a different veteran, whose names are submitted online for honor.The relay, wich is progressing ahead of schedule, is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/reports-president-trump-is-traveling-to-gettysburg-to-meet-with-gop-lawmakers\/\" title=\"Reports: President Trump Is Traveling to Gettysburg to Meet with GOP Lawmakers\">streamed live<\/a> for viewers nationwide. It has <a href=\"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/populist-swing-state-voters-become-key-target-for-democrats-in-2022-midterms\/\" title=\"Populist Swing State Voters Become Key Target for Democrats in 2022 Midterms\">garnered widespread support<\/a> on social media, expanding to over 50,000 followers, and has received heartfelt messages from participants and supporters emphasizing the event&#8217;s patriotic spirit.  <\/p>\n<p class=\"readmore\">\n    <button onclick=\"showReadMore()\" id=\"readmorebtn\">Read more&#8230;<\/button>\n<\/p>\n<hr id=\"line\">\n<span id=\"more\"><\/p>\n<div>\n<p>As marathon runners Joe Nail and Wyatt Moss were completing a challenge to run a marathon in all 50 states, they began formulating a plan to hold a nationwide flag relay. This plan became the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relayforamerica.org\">Relay for America<\/a>, a 20-day relay where over 250 runners will carry the American flag from San Francisco, California, to Washington, D.C. It is expected to end on July 4 at the Capitol Building as the fireworks are going off.<\/p>\n<p>The men created the Relay for America to celebrate America\u2019s 250th anniversary and encourage national pride, Nail told The Federalist. \u201cWe set out with one overarching mission, which was uniting Americans one mile at a time,\u201d Nail said. \u201cWe\u2019re trying to get people to celebrate their country and feel inspired while bringing together people from all walks of life.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The relay is open to the general public to participate in, whether it be by running, driving, or helping with operations. Nail told The Federalist that Moss wanted to open the event to the general public as part of their shared mission of bringing people together, rather than only allowing a small set of elite runners to participate.<\/p>\n<p>Those watching from home can tune in by watching a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relayforamerica.org\">live feed<\/a> of the flag\u2019s process as it makes its way across the country. With around 75 percent of the relay complete, the live tracker shows pacing statistics indicating that the runners are ahead of schedule to arrive on time on the 4th of July.<\/p>\n<p>Each mile of the 3,000-mile track is dedicated to a different veteran. Names of veterans are being collected through the website, where people can <a href=\"https:\/\/www.relayforamerica.org\/honor\">submit<\/a> the name of a loved one to be honored during the race.<\/p>\n<p>Nail, Moss, and the Relay for America team have received an outpouring of support on social media since the race began, Nail told The Federalist. In one instance that Nail said was particularly impactful, a U.S. Army soldier preparing for his second deployment emailed the organization, thanking them for their support and love for America.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThose are the sorts of messages that make it all worth it,\u201d Nail told The Federalist. \u201cThat was definitely what we had in mind when we first started out.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>The Relay for America has grown significantly on social media since the challenge started. The group\u2019s Instagram and Facebook pages have each grown from under 2,000 followers to over 50,000 as Americans learn and share their story.<\/p>\n<hr>\n<p>      Skye Graham is an intern at The Federalist. She is a senior History major at Hillsdale College and serves as the assistant features editor for the Hillsdale Collegian.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<p><\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Runners plan nationwide flag relay from SF to D.C<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":4302,"featured_media":2620768,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_mo_disable_npp":"","fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-2.png","fifu_image_alt":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[33651],"tags":[5374,15453,6543,5985,8135],"class_list":["post-2620767","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-the-western-journal","tag-america","tag-awareness","tag-charity","tag-community","tag-fundraiser"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/thefederalist.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/06\/Untitled-design-2.png","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620767","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/4302"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2620767"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620767\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2620771,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2620767\/revisions\/2620771"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2620768"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2620767"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2620767"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.conservativenewsdaily.net\/breaking-news\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2620767"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}