For Immediate Release
Nov. 9, 2009

Contact: Lisa Gough
(202) 393-0090 , ext.109
 

 

Media Advisory
THOUSANDS TO GATHER AT THE VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL FOR THE ANNUAL VETERANS DAY OBSERVANCE
Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 1:00 p.m.
 

 

What: Thousands of veterans, families and friends from around the country will come to Washington, D.C. for the annual Veterans Day Observance at The Wall, co-hosted by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and the National Park Service.
   
Who: Featured speakers will include:
 
 
  • Mark H. Ayers, president of the Building and Construction Trades Department, AFL-CIO, and president, Veterans Labor Council;
  • James Wright, president emeritus, Dartmouth College;
  • Lt. Col. Sharon Stanley-Alden, USA, senior nurse case manager, Warrior Transition Battalion – Europe;
  • Peter M. Holt, CEO of Holt Companies and the San Antonio Spurs;
  • Walt Sides, president, Rolling Thunder;
  • John Piltzecker, superintendent, National Mall and Memorial Parks, National Park Service; and
  • Diane Carlson Evans, founder and president, Vietnam Women’s Memorial Foundation.
  • Jan C. Scruggs, founder and president of the Memorial Fund, will be the master of ceremonies.
  • The pledge of allegiance will be led by John Kamin from the Iraq and Afghanistan Veterans of America.
   
Music:

Dr. Sam Bierstock and John Melnick will perform their tribute to veterans, “Before You Go.”
Bagpiper Chris Jackson will play “Amazing Grace.”
   
When: Wednesday, Nov. 11, at 1:00 p.m.
   
Where: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Constitution Ave. and 21st St. NW, Washington, D.C. 
   
Web cast: The Veterans Day Ceremony can be seen on TV Worldwide’s Web site, www.usvets.tv, or the Memorial Fund’s Web site, www.vvmf.org, beginning on Friday, Nov. 13.
   
Sponsors: TV Worldwide and its Internet TV channel for American veterans, USVets.TV
 Base Technologies Inc.

 

Established in 1979, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is dedicated to preserving the legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., promoting healing and educating about the impact of the Vietnam War.  Authorized by Congress, its most recent initiative is building The Education Center at The Wall, an underground facility near the Memorial that will help visitors discover the stories of those named on The Wall and celebrate the values embodied by all service members who served in all of America’s wars. Other Memorial Fund initiatives include educational programs for students and teachers, a traveling Wall replica that honors our nation's veterans and a humanitarian and mine-action program in Vietnam.

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