Page 3 - Wall That News Today

Today kicks off a week of events honoring veterans lost during the Vietnam War. The wall, standing in a grassy field along the Hilo Bayfront, will be open to visitation 24 hours a day and a closing ceremony will take place on Saturday. The events are open and free to the public.

“The Wall That Heals” — a three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. — made its way Monday to the Russell Carroll Mo‘oheau County Park in Hilo.

The Maui County Veterans Council, in collaboration with the County of Maui, extend an invitation to attend The Wall That Heals, Vietnam Memorial, at the War Memorial Stadium in Wailuku. The exhibit opens on Friday, Feb. 9 and will run until 2 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 13.

Hawaii County and the state combined forces Thursday and Friday for a sweep of a homeless encampment at Russell Carroll Mo‘oheau County Park in downtown Hilo.

A weeklong commemoration of the U.S. soldiers who died in the Vietnam War will begin Monday in Hilo.

Dozens of volunteers spent Tuesday morning assembling “The Wall That Heals” with the help of Vietnam veterans and family and friends of fallen soldiers depicted on the wall.

As the year comes to an end, the Herald-Standard is taking a look back at the biggest community stories that occurred this year. Here are our top five from 2023. Mobile Vietnam walls make stops in Brownsville, Lemont Furnace In September, around 5,000 people visited Brownsville for reflection and remembrance, honoring those who made the […]

Rendering of Vietnam memorial to be placed at Veterans Memorial Park in Great Bend.

PENN YAN — It has been more than 20 years since “The Wall That Heals” stopped in this Yates County community, so the director of the county’s Veterans Service Agency

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is the only memorial or monument in Washington, D.C. with a replica traveling exhibit, called The Wall That Heals. Now that the schedule is out, organizers