Vietnam Veterans Memorial News

John Campbell will read excerpts from his well-received book, "They Were Ours: Gloucester County's Loss In Vietnam," 2 p.m. Sunday, Nov .

Jack Burnham remembers his visit to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. "It's hard for me to put into words even now, and I went many, many years ago," said the Vietnam vet who served with the Air Force's 14th Special Operations Wing.

For most of his short life, Leonard Wynn called Pasco County home. But in death, that has not been the case.

Former College President James Wright urged Americans to remember fallen veterans not only as casualties of war, but as individuals with accomplished lives, at a Veterans' Day celebration here on Wednesday.

Deborah Callahan, chairwoman of the Longmeadow High School Art Department, and David P. Frank, of Longmeadow, display their collaborative collage Monday at the school.

The half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall as seen recently in Hayward, Calif.

Oakley was 24... 2004 ] Palestinian leader, controversial Yasser Arafat dies in Paris at 75.

Branson honors Veterans, Wednesday, Nov, 11 with the 76th annual Veterans Day Parade at 11:00 a.m. Wednesdays lineup: * 8 - 10 a.m. - Breakfast with Lt.

Today is Friday, Nov. 13, the 317th day of 2009. There are 48 days left in the year.

Pottsgrove Legionnaires Perform At Veterans' Tributes Members of Brig. Gen. Elmer S. Friedberg American Legion Post 244 of the Pottsgroves will perform firing squad duties at three separate ceremonies to commemorate Veterans Day 2009 .

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Highland Park was dedicated in 1996. The theme of this memorial is to educate, to commemorate, and to heal.

MEDFORD - A half-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be on the grounds of Medford Area Middle School this week.

On November 12, at 7:00 p.m. in the Milton High School Auditorium, Milton drama club will be performing "A Piece of My Heart" followed by the Milton High School Wind Ensemble performing patriotic music.

The tragic massacre at Fort Hood, Texas, was not forgotten at veterans memorial events in the Salinas area on Sunday.

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.