Art painted this mural originally in 2006 to honor Long Beach Veterans. It depicts Veterans from the Civil War up through the Iraq war, and is across the street from a park with a Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Every year the city has a Veterans Day parade beginning in front of the mural, going down the main street in front of the building, and returning to the park where a Veterans Day festival is held.

This year the city wanted to add a portrait into the mural of a long-time community and Veterans activist, former city councilman, and Coast Guard Veteran who was terminally ill. The city commissioned Art to restore the 15-year-old mural, paint the new portrait into the mural, and protect it with an archival clear coating.