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The Moving Wall at Mt. Trashmore Park in Virginia The Moving Wall at Grenada, Mississippi; May 1999. The Moving Wall is a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. It was devised by John Devitt after he attended the 1982 annual commemoration ceremonies celebrated in Washington for Vietnam veterans.
With the help of friends, the half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, named The Moving Wall, [45] was built and first put on display to the public in Tyler, Texas, in 1984. The Moving Wall visits hundreds of small towns and cities throughout the U.S., staying five or six days at each site. Local arrangements for each visit are made ...
The Wall That Heals is a traveling exhibit that includes a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It features a mobile education center that includes photos of those on The Wall and in the In Memory program from the state where the exhibit is on display as well as items representative of those left at The Wall over the ...
A Needham, Massachusetts, veteran talks about why the Moving Wall, a replica of the Vietnam Wall in Washington, D.C. which includes the 58,000 names of Americans killed in the war, is so important.
A motorcade of police and motorcycles escorts the Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall to County College of Morris for assembly Thursday, opening ceremonies Friday and conclusion Monday.
The American Veterans Traveling Tribute Vietnam Wall will be at the Ashland County Airport through Saturday. One of the highlights of the wall exhibit, 80% of the size of the Washington, D.C. wall ...
Standing eight feet tall at its highest point and 360 feet long, the wall is a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., that travels the country, honoring those who gave the ...
It was an enormous multimillion project, which was nicknamed in the media as the Great Wall of Vietnam, [10] McNamara's Wall, McNamara Barrier, [11] Electric Fence, and Alarm Belt. [ 12 ] 1967