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| -Land of the Free |
| The Wall that Heals 2023 schedule |
| 2022-12-29 |
| [Viet Memorial Fund] On Veterans Day 1996, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) unveiled a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., designed to travel to communities throughout the United States. Since its dedication, The Wall That Heals has been displayed at nearly 700 communities throughout the nation, spreading the Memorial’s healing legacy to millions. Bringing The Wall home to communities throughout our country allows the souls enshrined on the Memorial to exist once more among family and friends in the peace and comfort of familiar surroundings. The traveling exhibit provides thousands of veterans who have been unable to cope with the prospect of facing The Wall to find the strength and courage to do so within their own communities, thus allowing the healing process to begin. The main components of The Wall That Heals are The Wall replica and the mobile Education Center. The Wall That Heals exhibit was on the road for more than 13,000 miles and visited 26 communities from coast to coast during its 2021 season. We were escorted by more than 3,000 vehicles into those communities, and we were able to spread The Wall’s healing legacy to nearly 200,000 visitors. Guided tours of the exhibit were provided to more than 12,000 students. |
| Posted by:Besoeker |
| #13 Moderating tasks can be done on the phone — it just requires a little more care. I don’t know if Fred’s code enabled it or if it’s inherent in the phone OS, but I am glad to have alternatives when I am out of the house or a battery needs recharging. On the other hand, I imagine my fingers are smaller than Besoeker’s, which makes such things easier. ;-) (Yes, yes, I saw what I did there, too. We are all so very clever.) |
| Posted by: trailing wife 2022-12-29 20:11 |
| #12 I consider trying to comment on a site from my phone a masochistic adventure. I can well imagine what site administration must be like on a phone. I'm a coward. I'd get some kind of tablet... |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-29 19:13 |
| #11 Doing the Burg on a handheld, bad juju for me. Well, as I always say "hire the handicapped, they're fun to watch." |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-29 18:39 |
| #10 These things happen, B. I know better than to be paranoid about it. 😅🤪 |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-29 18:24 |
| #9 /\ I finally restored your Hoppin' John recipe Merc. My bad. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-29 18:14 |
| #8 Not trying to jump on you, Rambler. |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-29 17:59 |
| #7 Re #5: M Murcek, to be honest, I don't remember exactly - it was probably 1983 or 84. Probably not Vietnamese or Laotian. If I had to guess, probably Japanese. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2022-12-29 17:55 |
| #6 /\ Irishman from Orange, NJ. Banged up pretty bad after that foto. Guy ahead of him stepped on a mine. He was the real deal. One of his last assignments was as the Commander, Berlin Det. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-29 17:49 |
| #5 Oriental family Vietnamese? Japanese? Chinese? Korean? Lao? Cambodian? |
| Posted by: M. Murcek 2022-12-29 17:44 |
| #4 #1 Bulldog has the look of a warrior who was locked and loaded. |
| Posted by: JohnQC 2022-12-29 17:23 |
| #3 When I first saw the Wall in DC, it was fairly new. People would leave flowers and mementos near the names of loved ones. Someone who apparently had not brought flowers stuck a dandelion in the Wall. That was OK, it was all they had. What enraged me was that there was an Oriental family who looked at the flower and LAUGHED! I so wanted to punch them. For the record, I personally knew two of the people on the Wall: Frank Suvara was a high school classmate of mine. He was KIA in Nam. Lee Schaaf was a classmate of my sister's. Lee was badly wounded in Nam, and died years later from his wounds. |
| Posted by: Rambler in Virginia 2022-12-29 16:59 |
| #2 When I first read a description of what the Wall would look like, I thought it was a dumb idea. But when I saw it in person, the effect was incredibly real and vivid. A great monument. |
| Posted by: Matt 2022-12-29 16:45 |
| #1 In memory of 'Bulldog' (1942-2008) my boss, mentor, and friend. |
| Posted by: Besoeker 2022-12-29 10:41 |