Why This Petition Matters
In November of 2018, California Department of Veterans Of Affairs Leadership and Dignitaries Celebrated and Rededicated the Yountville Armistice Chapel. A State and National Landmark that was completed in November of 1918.
What We Know
- Summer of 2018, the Yountville Veterans Home relocates KVET, the home's closed circuit TV, to prepare for the 100th Anniversary of the Chapel.
- November 11, 2018, CalVet leadership, rededicates the Armistice Chapel in a community event.
- 2022, CalVet Master Plan, identifies the Yountville Home's Deferred Maintenance list that included the cost to replace the chapel's roof.
- January 2022, WW2 veteran, and Yountville Home resident, Bob Heiss expresses his concerns to administration about seeing holes in the chapel's roof and that rain is around the corner.
- September 14, 2023, The Yountville Sun reported that VHCY was awarded $40 million for deferred maintenance cost including the funds for the roof.
- June 9, 2024, In a Armistice Chapel Renovation update, the Home reports that the Honey Bees have been successfully removed and that they can continue on with renovations.