Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall making 5-day stop in Andalusia

ANDALUSIA, Ala. (WSFA) – The Covington Veterans Basis is internet hosting the Vietnam Touring Memorial Wall throughout its five-day cease in Andalusia.

Engraved with the names of greater than 58,000 fallen women and men, the Vietnam Wall is 493 toes, 6 inches with a top of 10 toes. The Wall can be staffed by volunteers 24 hours a day till closing ceremonies.

Officers say small flags are already up they usually symbolize the 1,208 Alabamians who died in Vietnam.

Schedule of occasions centered round The Wall:

Wednesday:

• The Wall arrived within the metropolis Wednesday morning and was staged from the Covington County Monitor and Subject Facility on Freeway 55 South.
• It will likely be erected close to the Covington Veterans Memorial Wednesday afternoon.

Thursday:

• Mates of Military Aviation could have an UH-1H helicopter on show between Andalusia Metropolis Corridor and Springdale from 10 a.m. till 3 p.m.
• A gap ceremony is deliberate on the Covington Veterans Memorial.
• Gates open for July Jamz AT 5:30 p.m.
• The Three Notch Ramblers will carry out music from the Vietnam Period at 6 p.m.
• A efficiency by Lee Greenwood will comply with at 7 p.m.
• Fireworks at 9 p.m.

Friday:

• The Mates of Military Aviation will supply rides in Vietnam-era UH-1H “Huey” helicopters from Packer Subject, positioned on Snowden Drive behind McDonald’s and The Greatest Western – 10 a.m. till 3 p.m.

Saturday:

• Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 607 of Montgomery, could have a Lacking Man Ceremony in Metropolis Corridor Auditorium at 2 p.m.

Sunday:

• The US Of America Vietnam Struggle Commemoration
  Jimmie W. Spencer, Command Sergeant Main, USA, Retired
  Andalusia Metropolis Corridor Auditorium – 2:30 p.m.
• Closing Ceremony – 5 p.m.
  

The Vietnam Touring Memorial Wall, a three-fifths sized reproduction of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, is positioned in Washington D.C.’s Structure Park.

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