Vietnam Veterans Memorial News

Though I have passed the statue hundreds of times, I had never read the inscription.

ASSOCIATED PRESS Bill Staton spruces up a Vietnam veterans memorial to five servicemen killed in the war who hailed from the small town of Shelby, Ohio.

V eterans Day traditionally is observed on the 11th day of the 11th month, a date that marked the signing of the armistice ending World War I in 1918.

A Veterans Day observance will remember past and present members of the U.S. armed forces.

That's the word Naperville resident Gene Sullivan used to describe the World War II Memorial in Washington, D.C. Gene called me Thursday to thank The Sun for the article last week that featured him as he waited to take an Honor Flight to D.C., along with two other WWII veterans who recently took the one-day trip.

For those of you who missed this column Wednesday and Sunday, I was on vacation and I apologize.

The Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall, a three-quarter-scale traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be on display October 29 - November 1 at Hillsboro Memorial Gardens, 2323 West Brandon Boulevard.

Jim Edwards rode in a motorcade Tuesday to pay his respects to seven comrades he lost while serving in Vietnam.

To help bring awareness to National Pharmacy Week, the Community Pharmacy at Wright Medical Center will be offering a free medication disposal opportunity.

Issue date: 10/22/09 Section: Life! Judith Joy Ross: Living with War, currently showing in the Martin Art Gallery, is a provocative collection of black-and-white photographs taken from three of the artist's series: "Vietnam Veterans Memorial", "Gulf War", and "Protest the War". The exhibit contains intense portraits taken in relation to the U.S.

The closing ceremonies for The Moving Wall ended with a 21-gun salute and two buglers playing taps.

Repair work was under way Wednesday at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall as a private memorial fund took over landscaping and maintenance of 13 acres from the National Park Service.

A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will open in Jackson County today as part of a weekend of veterans appreciation events.

Maybe it was the weather, which began to shine down on them as they rode up Route 38, now designated the New York State Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Highway of Valor.

Oct. 15, 2009 House Advances Rahall Bill to Help Complete Vietnam Veterans Education Center Special to Huntingtonnews.net Washington, DC - A planned underground visitor and education center to be located near the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the National Mall in Washington, D.C. would be given an extended timeframe for completion, courtesy of ...

More than 40 years after her son Harvie, nicknamed "Pud," died in Vietnam, the pain of the loss still hasn't faded for Rada Winkles of Clovis.

Published: October 16th, 2009 03:03 PM Last Modified: October 16th, 2009 03:37 PM Link: Selma Enterprise William Babcock, a Vietnam veteran now living in Sitka, had watched on Jan.

Gov. Bill Richardson has issued a challenge to New Mexico residents to support a project aimed at collecting photographs of the men and women whose names are listed on the National Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall.

Governor Bill Richardson today issued a challenge to New Mexicans to get behind a "National Call for Photos," a project to collect photos of all names listed on the National Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Wall in Washington D.C. "I want New Mexico to be the first state in the country to gather all photos of our heroes who lost their lives during the ...

A motorcycle escort ride of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be held at 9 a.m. Thursday, Oct.