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The 'Wall That Heals' visit to New Bern has ongoing positive results, with more than $18,000 in leftover fundraising going to assist veterans.

After a year of pandemic delay, the traveling Vietnam Wall’s stop in April in New Bern, N.C.,  brought emotional comfort for vets and families of the fallen. It also attracted more than 9,000 visitors.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica makes tour stop in Franklin The traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ended a four-day display at the Johnson County Fairgrounds Sunday. Author: Rich Nye Updated: 6:53 PM EDT June 6, 2021 FRANKLIN, Ind — On the weekend after Memorial Day, many people came to Franklin to see The Wall That Heals.  The traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial ended a four-day display at the Johnson County Fairgrounds Sunday afternoon.    The names of 58,281 men and women who died in the armed forces during the Vietnam W...

It's being called The Wall That Heals. It's a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall that is traveling across the country and is making a stop in Columbus this Memorial Day weekend. Many can’t afford to travel to the nation's capital, or can’t physically get there, so the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund created the replica of the wall that’s in Washington, DC so people can pay their respects to all the veterans who served our country.

One by one the families stepped forward — these moms and dads and widows and daughters and sons — to gently place a white carnation into a wicker basket to memorialize and remember the ones they loved who gave all they had for the love of country. As they reached the edge of the reflecting pool in the Memorial Grove at the National Veterans Memorial and Museum, some crossed themselves. A few knelt. A couple of men saluted. Many wiped away tears. The solemn Gold Star Family Vigil at the museum on W. Broad Street Friday night was a reminder of what Memorial Day is really all about: Honor...