NORFOLK, Neb. -- It’s been a full year since Lucy Yost started her project. 

“Everybody is somebody to someone,” Yost said. “They deserve to be recognized.”

Yost is an Eagle Scout with Troop 1119 in Norfolk. For her Eagle Scout project, Yost decided to take on a task that hit close to home. 

“There was about 20 volunteers that came out,” Yost said.

Yost, along with other scouts and volunteers, placed hundreds of grave markers around Prospect Hill, to honor those who have served our country in the Norfolk area.

“We placed over, I believe, 190 markers that day,” Yost said.

Many of the gravesites deteriorated over time, Yost made sure that their sacrifices did not go unnoticed.

“All he had was a paint stick that was in the ground,” Yost said. “But we were able to give him this specifically a marker too.”

Yost has completed her project exactly a year after starting it.

“This started a year ago, and it's finally getting finished a year ago, today,” Yost said.

Yost said she got the idea as inspiration from her family, who also served in past wars. 

“I personally have family members, grandfathers, great grandfathers that were in the wars, and so that kind of hit close to home for me,” Yost said.

After verifying, marking and placing specific markers tailored to different wars, Yost’s work is now complete. However, she acknowledges that the need for proper grave markers extends beyond just this cemetery.

“It didn't feel right sitting with me that there would be close to 200 veterans that still would not get their markers,” Yost said.