A half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC, will be on display this weekend in Kernersville.
The replica, known as “The Moving Wall,” will be on display Friday through Monday at VFW Post 5352, 618 Edgewood St., Kernersville. On Friday, from 7:30 to 8:30 a.m., there will be an opening ceremony with guest speakers and a Black Hawk military helicopter flyover.
The wall will be open to visitors throughout the day between Friday and Monday. Materials will be available for those who wish to engrave the name of a lost Vietnam Veteran on the wall.
A museum of Vietnam veterans uniforms, photographs and artifacts will also be on display. The museum will be open every day between 8 am and 8 pm
The replica was conceived by John Devitt after attending the 1982 annual memorial ceremonies held in Washington for Vietnam veterans. Eager to share his experience with those who could not go to Washington, he came up with the idea of the traveling wall, which was later built by a volunteer team of Vietnam veterans. It was first exhibited in Tyler, Texas in October 1984.
The Kernersville show is sponsored by VFW Post 5352 and admission is free.
For more information, contact Josh Hunt at 336-316-8396, Stephen Amos at 336-462-2024, or Lin Moore at 336-971-0559.
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