Foundation Updates
Updates from the Enduring Freedom Foundation — tributes, events, and the people who inspire our mission.
The Enduring Freedom Foundation Tribute was created by Big Sur Artist Robert Signorella and commissioned by Gary and Emma Koeppel to commemorate the men and women who serve in the five United States A...
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In 2015 Gary and Emma Koeppel donated 33 Enduring Freedom Tribute Commemorative Sculptures to the 33 Veteran hospitals in the United States. Below are excerpts from the VA hospitals upon receiving the...
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An Enduring Freedom Tribute was awarded to John D. Adams, US Army (Ret) for his heroic service in the 4th Infantry Division during World War II. Adams landed with the first wave on Utah Beach with Bri...
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Major General William M. Matz, Jr., US Army (Ret.) was awarded an Enduring Freedom Foundation Tribute by Gary Koeppel during the December 2021 luncheon of the Stillwater Club in Pebble Beach. General ...
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Gary and Emma Koeppel have presented President elect Donald J. Trump with an Enduring Freedom Foundation Tribute bearing an engraved plaque that reads: A Tribute for Making America Great Again! The tr...
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Robert MacDonald, the Secretary of Veterans Affairs, invited Gary and Emma Koeppel to Washington to express his department's appreciation for their donation of 33 Enduring Freedom Tributes, one for ea...
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On Monday, December 4, 2006, the Director of Pentagon Displays, Danny Vaughn, and Enduring Freedom Foundation co-founder Gary Koeppel installed the Enduring Freedom Tribute in the Metro Entrance of th...
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The Flight of the Eagle Event was held on Wednesday, September 13, 2006 at Clint Eastwood's Tehama Golf Course. We would like to thank everyone who attended as well as everyone who helped make the eve...
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In 1991 Jim Knuppe and Doyle Borchers, Captain of the US Carl Vinson nuclear aircraft carrier, discovered a beautiful Eagle sculpture in the Coast Gallery Pebble Beach. Because the carrier's moniker i...
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