Veteran opens home and property to other vets to create the Semper Fi Barn

Down a windy road off the grid in Central, South Carolina you’ll find the Semper Fi Barn. While there, you’ll probably meet some veterans and one of them is Tom Von Kaenel.

“I went to West Point and then after that, I graduated in 77 to be commissioned as a Second Lieutenant in the infantry,” Von Kaenel said. “And I thought I’d followed my dad’s footsteps. He was in World War Two in Korea.”

The Semper FI Barn is located on Von Kaenel’s property.

He named it the Semper Fi Barn because he said it was a group of Marines who helped him bring the idea to life.