Help the veterans of california protect their space

Resolution to Protect a National Sacred Trust

Whereas the property on which the Los Angeles National Veterans Home is located was irrevocably deeded to the nation 120 years ago by John P. Jones and Arcadia de Baker as a place dedicated for the “sole purpose of providing veterans a place to heal from war”; and

Whereas the Department of Veteran Affairs has awarded rent-free occupancy for 20 years of a 16-acre portion of that land to the Veterans Park Conservancy, not a veterans organization but a local community organization, for use, in the Conservancy’s words, “for the enjoyment and education of the entire community”; and

Whereas a public park, despite its value to the whole community, is inconsistent with the exclusive use for veterans envisioned by the donors, and the trust conveyed in their deed to the United States.

Therefore Be It Resolved that [replace this text with your name or your organization’s name as appropriate] joins Veterans United for Truth, Inc., The American Legion, the National Veterans Coalition, the Gathering of Eagles, We the Veterans, and the American GI Forum, Military Spouses For Change, Veterans For Common Sense, among others, along with hundreds of thousands of veterans and their families, to support an immediate halt to any giveaway of any of the Los Angeles National Veterans Home property, either to a non-veterans organization or for any non-veteran-related purpose, and the revocation of any extant agreement to do so.



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The land belongs to all veterans, if you feel inclined send this letter to your elected officials and let them know what you think about this situation. If they grab veterans land in Los Angeles where do they go next to do the same thing, and this was donated land by a special couple in Californa more than 100 years ago, after 100 years it would seem absurd that a land grab would be taking place now, but greed never seems to be out of place or never too late. Maybe they don't want homeless veterans living on this land, but it seems as if the donators anticipated this and donated it just for that cause, a place for the veterans of America's military to spend their days in piece and quite, when they donated the land, they never knew it would be in the middle of some of this nation highest priced real estate, how ever it is where it is and it belongs now to the nations veterans, not the people of Brentwood.

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