On Wednesday, June 17 at 6pm, AVTT's Traveling Vietnam Memorial Wall arrived in Boonville NY for a 4 day exhibit. The following afternoon, we drove to Park Avenue where the display was set up next to Delta Flooring, former site of Ethan Allen.
At 80% of the original size, this is the largest of the three memorials traveling around the country.
As we walked towards the wall, we could hear names of fallen
soldiers being read, a practice which would go on continuously 24/7 until the
end of the exhibition except during the opening ceremony on Friday.
The mood was somber throughout this hallowed ground. People were walking quietly beside the wall,
some tracing the names of their departed loved one. Glancing through the more than 58,000 names of the dead and missing, we felt
sorrow for the loss of all these lives, gratitude
for the sacrifices of these brave men and a few women and some anger for
the war that had destroyed all these
lives, thinking of the current and future conflicts that could lead to more
such casualties.
Although we have seen the real wall in Washington DC, we
felt lucky to have had the opportunity to relive that experience. Thank you, VFW Post 5538 for bringing this event to Boonville.
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