Middle Village Hosts Traveling Vietnam Wall

Friday, 6/29/2012 - 7/1/2012

Join the town of Middle Village, Queense as we honor true American heroes - our veterans and active-duty military. This coming June, we will be bringing The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Moving Wall -- all 252 feet of it -- to Juniper Valley Park. Click here for flyer.

In photo to right, (credit: The Associated Press) Retired Navy Capt. Walt Urban, of Medford, N.J., uses a pencil to outline on the paper the name of a friend who died in the Vietnam War, off the "Moving Wall" in Medford, N.J., on June 14, 2006. The Moving Wall is a half-size version of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., and has been touring the country for almost 20 years.

Volunteering to Help at The Moving Wall

Many volunteers are needed at each Moving Wall display site, including our site at Juniper Valley Park. The local sponsoring organization determines how volunteers may participate. Volunteers may help during the week of the visit or assist with the months of planning and preparations. Volunteer jobs include helping visitors find names, security, assembly and disassembly, food preparation, parking, cleanup, and countless other tasks. Please click here if you would like to volunteer for this event.

Show Your Support

Volunteers will be needed to coordinate this event. If you would like to help set up, please contact us.

If you would like to show your support in other ways, you may do so. Please visit the Sponsors Page to see the different levels of Sponsorship and where you fit in.

Set up of the Moving Wall will be as follows:

Wall arrives in a truck; needs to be assembled
Carpenters build the foundation before it arrives
Local Veterans setup the wall
Two tents are set up:

First Tent: Information Video about the Moving Wall
Second Tent: Assistance in finding the locations of names on the Wall

About The Moving Wall™

The Moving Wall" is the half-size replica of the Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial and has been touring the country for more than twenty years. When John Devitt attended the 1982 dedication in Washington, he felt the positive power of "The Wall." He vowed to share that experience with those who did not have the opportunity to go to Washington.

John, Norris Shears, Gerry Haver, and other Vietnam veteran volunteers built The Moving Wall. It went on display for the first time in Tyler, Texas in October of 1984. Two structures of The Moving Wall now travel the USA from April through November, spending about a week at each site.

Read this story written by a 15 year old student while The Moving Wall was on display in Marion, AR

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