No Greater Love was founded in 1971. This is the only nonprofit, humanitarian, patriotic organization that has brought families of our fallen together to share their grief and celebrate the lives of their loved ones. It has been devoted to the children who lost a parent in service to our country. We are dedicated to ensuring that those who died for our freedom will never be forgotten. No Greater Love seeks to provide a sense of history to our citizens of what it means to be an American.

Thanks to the Ironworkers, Sheet Metal workers, Firefighters & Painters -
This has been our home RENT-FREE for over 40 years!
They have helped us with anything and everything we need to honor our fallen and their families.

United Unions Building
1750 New York Ave NW
Washington, DC 20006

We're located just down the street from the White House.

Carmella LaSpada had planned a television career until fate, in the form of a black scarf, stepped in with other plans. While organizing a USO tour in Southeast Asia as a White House Special Projects Aide, she met the young wounded medic who would change her life and set her on a mission that has continued ever since. During a battle in Vietnam, this medic desperately tried to save 35 of his wounded comrades, but tragically saw each of them die in his arms before he, himself, was brought down.

As Carmella sat by his bedside offering companionship, he asked her, “Promise you will do something so that the men who died, and their families, will never be forgotten.” With tears in his eyes, he handed Carmella a black scarf—a symbol of his unit—to seal this promise which soon became No Greater Love.