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FAIRFIELD-SUISUN, CALIFORNIA
200-year-old Travis chapel bell sees new life after restoration
Restoration team volunteers, from left to right, Senior Airman Jonathan Brooks, Airman 1st Class Bryan Humiston, Senior Airman Tyler Plake, Airman 1st Class Charles Young and Christopher Parker pose behind the 200-year-old church bell that was restored to be put back up in front of Travis Air Force Base's Twin Peaks Chapel. Volunteers not pictured are Senior Airmen Shane Durbin and Eric Woolston. (Ian Thompson/Daily Repubic)
TRAVIS AIR FORCE BASE — When Master Sgt. Gregory Volkman, the Twin Peaks Chapel superintendent, arrived here more than eight years ago, the small bell tower was already leaning to one side.
It was not long before the tower was taken down as a safety measure and its 200-year-old French church bell stored away.
Now the refurbished bell could be back in a new tower by Easter to welcome people to the chapel and honor those Travis airmen who died in service to their country, thanks to Chaplain (Col.) Robert Cannon and a dedicated restoration team from Travis Air Force Base' civil engineering squadron.
"I am very glad this has happened," said Volkman, who will soon retire from the service.
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Restoration team volunteers, from left to right, Senior Airman Jonathan Brooks, Airman 1st Class Bryan Humiston, Senior Airman Tyler Plake, Airman 1st Class Charles Young and Christopher Parker pose behind the 200-year-old church bell that was restored to be put back up in front of Travis Air Force Base's Twin Peaks Chapel. Volunteers not pictured are Senior Airmen Shane Durbin and Eric Woolston. (Ian Thompson/Daily Repubic)
It was not long before the tower was taken down as a safety measure and its 200-year-old French church bell stored away.
Now the refurbished bell could be back in a new tower by Easter to welcome people to the chapel and honor those Travis airmen who died in service to their country, thanks to Chaplain (Col.) Robert Cannon and a dedicated restoration team from Travis Air Force Base' civil engineering squadron.
"I am very glad this has happened," said Volkman, who will soon retire from the service.
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