The Tuolumne County Board of Supervisors issued a resolution on the morning of January 19, 2010 to become the first county in California to do so while the Sonora City Council became the second city in California to issue a resolution for Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day (WHVVD). Both resolutions spoke of the Vietnam Conflict.
As of March 8, 2011, the U.S Senate has approved a resolution to set aside March 30 as "Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans Day," marking the day in 1973 that all U.S. troops withdrew from Vietnam.
The measure was sponsored by Sen. Richard Burr, R-N.C., a member of the Senate Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
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The resolutions came about when, on September 29, 2009, Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger
signed AB-717 at Twenty-nine Palms Marine Corps base making March 30, WHVVD. California became
the first state to pass such a bill. The Vietnam Veterans of America, Chapter 391 (VVA-391), the largest
Chapter in the State, began preparing for a parade and petitioned both the Supervisors and the Council to
issue resolutions to honor the many Vietnam veterans who live in the area.
It all began in 2000 when Jose Ramos of Whittier, California, started a grass roots effort to make
March 30 as WHVVD and in 2007, the U.S. Congress issued a resolution proclaiming March 30 as a
National WHVVD. The first celebration was in Whittier, California in 2008. The VVA California State
Council got behind it and Assemblyman Paul Cook (R-Yucca Valley) introduced the bill. Since the
signing by the Governor, Tuolumne County leads the state in endorsing the bill by issuing its
proclamation. Ranch Cucamonga was the first city to do so while Sonora is the second.
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