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Posted by: Kim_Hamilton on 01/04/2011 04:12 PM
Updated by: Kim_Hamilton on 01/04/2011 04:24 PM
Expires: 01/01/2016 12:00 AM
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The American Veterans Traveling Tribute coming to Tuolumne County
Sonora, CA.....The American Veterans Traveling Tribute (AVTT) and Traveling Vietnam Wall Memorial will visit Tuolumne County March 24-27, 2011 at the Mother Lode Fairgrounds in Sonora in honor of Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day (WHVVD) on March 30. The Tribute arrives March 23 escorted by the Vietnam Veterans of America (VVA) Chapter 391’s Motorcycle Group including members of the Patriot Guard and will be set-up the morning of March 24.....
The AVTT Traveling Wall is the largest Wall replica traveling the U.S. It is an 80% version of the Vietnam Wall Memorial in Washington, D.C. At its apex, the Traveling Wall is an impressive eight feet tall. In addition to the Tribute to those who perished in Vietnam, the AVTT also includes several other memorials and exhibits including The Cost of Freedom Memorial, the 911 Memorial, the Walk of Heroes, Vietnam Remembered, the Tribute Panel, World War II and Korean Tributes.
According to George Eldridge, chair of the event, “Last year’s parade in honor of WHVVD was a huge success. We decided to pay tribute to those who didn’t return. For this year’s WHVVD, in keeping with the VVA’s founding principle, “Never again shall one group of veterans abandon another,” we chose an event which will pay tribute all veterans in celebration of WHVVD.”
The World War II memorial presents displays of photographs and information to pay specific tribute to WWII veterans. The Korean War tribute is a pictorial display of the men who fought the ‘Forgotten War’ along with battle maps and the war timeline. In addition to the Traveling Wall, Vietnam Remembered is a nationally acclaimed art display of original paintings and more for reflection by visitors and veterans. The 911 Memorial includes stand-up exhibits with lighted twin towers to ensure “we never forget”. Each name is recorded according to their location at the time of the tragedy. The Walk of Heroes is a series of stand-ups which pay tribute and provide education regarding our country’s history, as well as conflicts in which America was involved to ensure our freedom. Freedom did not come free and this tribute represents the true cost as paid in lives. The Cost of Freedom Memorial is another series of stand-ups created in gold dog tags recording the names of those who gave their lives for our freedom since Vietnam and including present-day Enduring Freedom and Iraqi Freedom.
Also at the Tribute is a Tribute Panel where anyone can purchase a custom engraved dog tag. This is a tribute with a personal message to a loved one, past or present. This Tribute travels the nation with all other exhibits.
All area schools will be invited to visit the Traveling Wall as part of their history education on Thursday and Friday.
On Friday at 1 p.m., there will a welcome ceremony. According to Dick Southern, co-chair of the event committee, “We’re inviting Governor Jerry Brown to speak along with the California Veterans Affairs Under Secretary Rocky J. Chavez who is a Vietnam Veteran and Assemblyman Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) and Vietnam veteran, who put up the bill making March 30 Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day. We will also have the Board of Supervisors for both Tuolumne and Calaveras counties represented along with members of the City Council of Sonora. Keynote speakers will be Medal of Honor recipients including Jon Caviaiani of Sonora, and Steve Mackey, the President of the VVA California State Council. There will be a reading of names of Tuolumne and Calaveras names on the wall and then a total of the 5,880 California names on the wall. This will be recorded by members of VVA Chapter 391 members so it can be played for the remaining three days of the event.”
“In addition to paying tribute to all men and women who didn’t return,” according to AVTT spokesperson Leah Gallagher, “the mission of the project is to travel the nation to honor, respect, and remember men and women who served, and to pay specific tribute to those who gave all in that service. Since the tribute is mobile, it allows people to honor and respect veterans and active military personnel without their having to travel long distances.”
Across its 370-foot length, the Traveling Wall contains every single name etched on the original. Computers will be available to locate any individual’s name. AVTT’s Traveling Wall is not to be confused with other replica walls (The Moving Wall, The Dignity Wall, The Wall That Heals). “We are all on a mutual mission,” says Gallagher.
Also at the event a concert-dinner is being planned along with a local Vietnam Veterans Art Show. There will be some vendors with food and drinks. Several veterans’ organizations will also have information tables available. The VVA-Chapter 391 is developing a souvenir t-shirt for this event and three Medal of Honor recipients will be offering their autographs on the shirts for a donation and a portion of the money raised goes to the Medal of Honor Society. These medal recipients are all Vietnam veterans.
On Saturday, March 26, VVA-Chapter 391’s Motorcycle Group will hold an Honor Ride from Jamestown Harley-Davidson to the Mother Lode Fairgrounds. Motorcycles from various groups including the well known Patriot Guard will gather in Jamestown at 11:00 a.m. to make the ride to the American Veterans Traveling Tribute at the fairgrounds in Sonora. A great number of these motorcyclists are Vietnam veterans.
Another plan is to have an Agent Orange Town Hall meeting to bring attention to the effects of this defoliant in Vietnam and the after-effects it’s having on the children born of Vietnam veterans exposed to the chemical. VVA-391 hopes to have the VVA Director of Communications Mokie Porter from Silver Springs, MD on the panel.
VVA-391 is looking for sponsors for this event. The sponsorships range from $100 to $5,000 and all include recognition and professional banners which will be displayed for the four days of the event. They are also offering advertising in the souvenir program. They are anticipating a minimum of 10,000 people to attend this four-day event.
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