VETERANS MEMORIAL & SUPPORT FOUNDATION OF LOS GATOS

We invite you to view an introductory video about our foundation at: https://youtu.be/lkI3PVPruOs

The Veterans Memorial & Support Foundation, established in 2012, has at the heart of its cause, the mission to improve the lives of Veterans, Service Members and their families. Since inception, the Foundation has been staffed 100% by volunteers consisting of warriors and patriotic citizens who have a passion for delivering gratitude, respect, honor, and healing to those who serve.

Over the last decade, the Foundation conducted the Liberty Campaign to design, build and dedicate The Flame of Liberty Memorial located in the heart of the Town of Los Gatos in Silicon Valley, California. Memorials deliver gratitude, honor and meaning to those who've served. They can often be the catalyst towards healing. And memorials educate 24/7. The Veterans Foundation chose to build a Silicon Valley Veterans Memorial for the intrinsic benefits that it delivers to the community, to Silicon Valley Veterans and to their families.

About The Flame of Liberty Memorial -
The Flame of Liberty Memorial is a tribute to the men and women who have honorably served America in the United States Army, Navy, Marines, Air Force, Coast Guard, and Merchant Marines, and their contributions in support of natural disaster recovery, humanitarian aid, and in defense of America’s freedom. The Memorial recognizes First Responders who often combine forces with the United States military in playing a pivotal role in homeland security. And finally, The Flame of Liberty Memorial recognizes local 9/11 heroes aboard United Flight 93 - Todd Beamer and Mark Bingham - who attempted to regain cockpit control from terrorist hijackers. Flight 93 was the only hijacked airliner on 9/11 that did not accomplish the terrorists' plan. The extraordinary acts of Todd Beamer, Mark Bingham and the passengers aboard United Flight 93 are distinguished as their successful civilian counterattack on that day was the beginning of the defense against global terror. Their courageous execution prevented hijackers from reaching their intended target - the United States Capitol Building, which, if victorious, would have devastated the heartbeat of America’s government. Additionally, their execution safeguarded the lives of
innocent Washingtonians on the ground.

The Los Gatos Town Council approved a donation of land use for placement of The Flame of Liberty Memorial in addition to its conceptual design crafted by the nationally acclaimed Master Designer Frank Kocian Morris.*

We invite you to learn more about The Flame of Liberty Memorial at: https://midd.me/srun

A Mission to Educate -
The organization conducts celebrations in connection with national holidays that serve to educate the community on the spirit of those who have put so much on the line to rise to the limitless horizons of freedom.

Yellow Ribbon Programs and Acts of Kindness to Veterans -
With The Flame of Liberty Memorial now erected, the Foundation intends to embark on its next chapter which is to deliver support to Veterans, Service Members and their families in need. The Foundation is pursuing an aggressive research endeavor to isolate those needs and to determine towards which need(s) the Foundation can deliver the greatest impact.

Our Board, Advisors and Committee -
Board members and advisors include American military notables such as war hero Major General Kent Hillhouse, US Army (Ret.); Francis J. Harvey, 19th Secretary of the U.S. Army; former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army William E Peacock; former Assistant Secretary of the U.S. Army Gilbert Decker; Veteran and two-time Mayor of Los Gatos the Honorable John Lochner; Veterans from all military branches and patriotic grateful citizens.

The Liberty Campaign -
Contributions to the Foundation are used to:
1) Defray the balance of The Flame of Liberty Memorial Construction Loan
2) Maintain the Memorial
3) Launch Yellow Ribbon Programs in support of Veterans, Service Members & their Families.

The Veterans Memorial & Support Foundation accomplishes the goals it sets out to achieve. The Veterans Foundation entity was filed on October 4, 2012. It submitted its application for non-profit 501(c)(3) consideration to the IRS in early December, 2012- which the IRS turned around and granted 60+ calendar days later in record time. In December 2018, the Veterans Foundation finalized its building plans for the memorial. A Ground breaking ceremony was held on January 4 2019, and six months later, the Foundation unveiled the memorial in the presence of GEN H.R. McMaster, 26th National Security Advisor to the President, U.S. Military dignitaries, state and local representatives, entertainers, and 1500 members of the general public.

The Veterans Memorial & Support Foundation of Los Gatos is a non-profit where compassion and courage intersect.

*Note - About Master Designer Frank Kocian Morris
Mr. Morris is an award-winning designer, illustrator, portrait artist and Master Designer for the U.S. Mint. His design clients include Newsweek, New York Magazine, Boy’s Life, Readers Digest, Bantam Books, Dell Books, Simon & Schuster, New American Library, Warner Brothers, Random House, Vintage Books, major television networks and advertising agencies. His paintings are in private collections, appear in magazines such as Newsweek and New York Magazine and include luminaries - Presidents Ronald Reagan and Jimmy Carter, First Ladies Nancy Reagan and Rosalynn Carter, Hamilton Jordan, the Shah of Iran and government dignitaries. The U.S. Department of the Treasury chose Mr. Morris for the artist-elite position of Master Designer for the U.S. Mint for whom he has designed coins and medals, most notably the Congressional Gold Medals that honor the WWII Native American Code-Talkers, and recently First Responder coins. Finally, what better person to create a design for Veterans than that of a Veteran himself - Mr. Morris served in the U.S. Air Force.