Brownwood News – The Moving Wall will be on display at the 36th Division Memorial Park in Brownwood June 8-12th. The Moving Wall is a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.
The mobile memorial was designed by Vietnam Veterans who wanted to share the power of the larger memorial in the Nation’s Capitol. The Moving Wall is 252.83 feet long and has 58,315 names listed in chronological order by date of casualty.
An opening ceremony for the wall was held on June 9th at 10 a.m. at the 36th Division Memorial Park, across from the Brownwood Regional Medical Center. A candlelight closing ceremony will be held on June 11th at 7:30 p.m. The wall is open for viewing 24 hours a day, from June 8th to June 12th. Viewing on June 12th will end at 4 p.m.
Volunteers will be at the wall to assist visitors with finding names, and a small rubbing of a name can be done by volunteers.
The following sponsors helped make the wall’s visit possible:
- Pecan Valley Military Veterans and Families Support Coalition
- VFW Post 3278 & Auxiliary
- American Legion Post 196
- City of Brownwood
- Brownwood Area Chamber of Commerce
- Trees Forever Nursery
- Monica Harvey (little sister)
- Central Texas Veterans Memorial Board of Directors
- Pecan Valley Detachment, MCL
- Chicken Express
- United Supermarkets
- McCoy’s Building Supply
- Bo Blain Construction
- Little Caesar’s Pizza
- Domino’s Pizza
- Ricardo’s
- Pizza Hut
- Brookshire’s Supermarket
