The Things They Carried
by Tim O'Brien
Vietnam Memorial Moving Wall Events:
Thursday, November 1, 2018
Moving Wall
Processional Order of March
9:00 AM
Blessing of the Moving Wall
Ceremony
10:00 AM
The Moving Wall Candlelight Vigil
6:30 PM
The Big Read Community Distribution of “The Things They Carried”
Approximately 7:30 PM – 8:30 PM
Ponaganset Media Center
Reception with entertainment by
PHS Jazz Band led by James Mullen
PHS Chorus led by Derek Sabatini
Friday, November 2, 2018
The Moving Wall
Opening Ceremony
10:30 AM
Saturday, November 3, 2018
The Moving Wall
10 AM
The Star Spangled Banner
Ponaganset High School Chorus led by Derick Sabatini
10:00 AM Native American Remembrance
John Brown, West Wind
Medicine Mam
Narraganset Tribal Council
12:00 PM Vietnam Missing Man Ceremony
Rolling Thunder
1:00 PM Speaker of the Day
Honorable Frank J. Williams
Former Chief Justice, Supreme Court of Rhode Island
2:00 PM Aerial performance
United States Naval Academy Skydiving Team
6:30 PM Taps
The Moving Wall
Sunday, November 4, 2018
8:00 AM - 10:00 AM
The United States of America
Vietnam War Commemoration
Recognition
More information about Moving Wall events is available on the Facebook Page
Comrades forever ...
"The Moving Wall" is the half-size replica of the Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial and has been touring the country for thirty plus years. When John Devitt attended the 1982 dedication in Washington, he felt the positive power of "The Wall." He vowed to share that experience with those who did not have the opportunity to go to Washington.
John, Norris Shears, Gerry Haver, and other Vietnam veteran volunteers built The Moving Wall. It went on display for the first time in Tyler, Texas in October of 1984. Two structures of The Moving Wall now travel the USA from April through November, spending about a week at each site.
Click on the PDF for complete Moving Wall schedule.
Open Daily "Through the Eyes" traveling Vietnam Museum
Vietnam Veteran, John Hosier has created a traveling museum of his photographs along with over 2,000 related Vietnam items and with his own resources travels around the country.
