Friday, March 18, 2011

American Veteran Traveling Tribute & The Traveling Wall Visits Sonora

March 23 - March 27, 2011 3:00 to 5:00 at the Motherlode Fairgrounds in Sonora, the VVA Chapter 391 will be hosting the American Veterans Traveling Tribute! Join us to honor, respect, and remember our American heroes.

Our entire Cost of Freedom Tribute will be on display:

•The Traveling Vietnam Wall – 80% replica (largest replica) of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in DC. 380 ft long end to end. With all 58,253 names.
... • A series of A frames depicting the actual statistics from every war/conflict that the USA has been involved in.
• A series of World War II panels which portray the entire timeline of events and numerous graphics and photos.
• A Korean War tribute consisting of 8 panels with the entire timeline and battle maps with numerous photos.This wall is current up thru the additions and deletions to 2009. Additionally, all corrections know were made at the time of its construction.
• A series of Vietnam facts and figures.
• The Vietnam war timeline of events.
• Art display from a Vietnam Vet artist.
• A display of USA founding and significant historical documents. Constitution, Declaration of Independence and other relevant documents.
• Panels for honoring Law Enforcement and Firefighters with pictorial display.
• A panel memorializing the casualties at the Ft Hood 2009 shooting.
• Panels displaying the pictures of each of our commanders in chief throughout history.
• Displays honoring all those who fell in military hostile action between the end of Vietnam and the 9/11 attack. Each conflict is represented with facts and each casualty is recorded.
• A 9/11 tribute with the names of all 2984 casualties organized by where they were located at the time of death.
• A gold dog tag tribute to all those members of the armed forces who have given their life in the Global War on Terror. Each tag has, full name, rank, branch of service, date of casualty, and location of casualty.
Free and open to the public.
Visit www.avtt.org for more details!

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