PIERRE CLAEYSSENS VETERANS FOUNDATION
1187 COAST VILLAGE ROAD 1, SANTA BARBARA, CA 93108 pierreclaeyssensveteransfoundation.com

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Organizations Filed Purposes: THE PIERRE CLAEYSSENS VETERANS MUSEUM & LIBRARY FOUNDATION WAS FOUNDED IN 2003 WITH A GOAL TO BUILD A COMPREHENSIVE MUSEUM AND LIBRARY IN SANTA BARBARA CELEBRATING THE "GREATEST GENERATION." SANTA BARBARA AND THE TRI-COUNTIES PLAYED A VITAL ROLE IN WWII AND ITS MEN AND WOMEN HAVE A PROUD HISTORY OF SERVICE TO THE NATION. THE FOUNDATION HOLDS VARIOUS EVENTS THROUGHOUT THE YEAR TO SUPPORT AND HONOR THE SOUTH COAST'S VETERANS.

OUR GOAL IS TO DRAW VISITORS TO THE PHENOMENAL STORY OF WORLD WAR II, AND TO GENERATE RESPECT FOR ALL VETERANS. THE STORY OF WORLD WAR II IS THE MOST IMPORTANT OF THE 20TH CENTURY, BUT ITS LASTING EFFECTS MAY NOT BE KNOWN TO CURRENT AND FUTURE GENERATIONS. IN ADDITION TO TELLING THE STORY THROUGH EXHIBITS, THE MUSEUM WILL SHOW THE IMPORTANT LESSONS AND SOCIETAL PROGRESSIONS THAT CAME FROM SUCH A DEADLY EPISODE. IT WILL SHOW HOW THE GI BILL ALLOWED VETERANS TO GO TO COLLEGE AND BUY HOMES, CREATING NEW COMMUNITIES AND BUSINESSES ALL OVER THE COUNTRY. IT WILL SHOW THE NECESSARY ADVANCEMENT OF WOMEN IN THE WORKFORCE, THE INTEGRATION OF MINORITIES INTO THE MILITARY AND THE U.N. DECLARATION OF HUMAN RIGHTS, WHICH ARE BUT A HANDFUL OF EXAMPLES OF THIS GENERATION'S EFFECT ON THE REST OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. STUDENTS AND VISITORS OF ALL GENERATIONS WILL COME TOGETHER TO SHARE STORIES, ASK QUESTIONS AND ULTIMATELY KNOW THE VETERANS EXPERIENCE, AND THE PAIN AND THE COST OF CONFLICT.

MISCELLANEOUS PROGRAMS AND SERVICES TO PROMOTE THE MUSEUM AND VETERANS, INCLUDING THE VETERANS' BALL TO WHICH 550 VETERANS AND ACTIVE DUTY PERSONNEL ATTENDED TO HEAR FROM DINNER SPEAKERS.

VETERANS DAY PARADEEVERY YEAR, THE PCVML SPONSORS AND ORGANIZES THE VETERANS DAY PARADE IN SANTA BARBARA WHICH BEGINS ON STATE STREET AND ENDS IN FRONT OF THE VETERANS MEMORIAL BUILDING ON CABRILLO BOULEVARD AND IS VIEWED BY THOUSANDS. THIS IS A TIMELESS TRADITION WHICH HONORS VETERANS OF ALL BRANCHES OF THE MILITARY IN THE SANTA BARBARA AREA. THE PROGRAM INCLUDES A FLYOVER BY 18 AIRCRAFT. PARTICIPATION IN THE PARADE RANGES FROM 75-100 VETERANS FROM ALL CONFLICTS FOLLOWED BY A CEREMONY AT THE COUNTY COURT HOUSE AT WHICH 200 OR MORE ATTEND TO HEAR PRESENTATIONS FROM THE MAYOR, SUPERVISORS, AND CONGRESS PEOPLE. TO ACHIEVE ITS MISSION, PCVML RELIES ON COUNTLESS VOLUNTEER HOURS AND IN-KIND CONTRIBUTIONS OF GOODS AND SERVICES.

THE PCVML SPONSORS AND ORGANIZES VARIOUS EVENTS DURING THE YEAR THAT HONOR VETERANS INCLUDING PARADES, FLY-BYS, LUNCHEONS, MOVING WALL AND SPEAKERS FROM THE UNITED STATES, ENGLAND, CANADA, AND FRANCE. THESE EVENTS OFTEN COMMEMORATE HISTORICAL DATES IN MILITARY HISTORY INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO D-DAY, VE-DAY, ETC. AND ARE ATTENDED BY AN AVERAGE OF 125 PEOPLE.

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