From: kelsey@PILOT.NJIN.NET (Ann KELSEY)
Newsgroups: soc.veterans
Subject: Info Re: 10th Anniversary of the Wall
Date: 18 Aug 92 02:06:59 GMT

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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE                              CONTACT: Jim Burns
May 20, 1992                                         202/393-0090



                   VETERANS DAY DISCOUNTS AVAILABLE NOW

      Veterans and others coming to Washington for Veterans Day this
year can get special discounts for airfare, rail travel, rental cars and
hotel accommodations.  

      Special airline fares can be obtained by calling American Airlines
at 1-800-433-1790 (ask for STAR File No. S02N2GV) or by calling Michael
Greenwald at 1-800-237-6971 (ask for Personalized Travel).  Discounts of
45 percent off regular coach fares and 5 percent off special fares are
available.  Amtrak is offering a 10 percent discount on any coach fare
except for Metroliner, auto train and sleeping accommodations.

      Hotel reservations can be made through Washington D.C.
Accommodations (1-800-554-2220).  Travelers should be sure to mention
they are coming to Washington for Vietnam Veterans Memorial events. 
(There's no charge for the reservation service.) 

      Hertz and Avis are offering rental car discounts for those coming
to Washington for November events.

      Volunteer readers and honor guards are still being sought for
Veterans Day events in Washington.  The name reading is scheduled to
begin at the Wall on Sunday, Nov. 8th.  The reading will continue, 24
hours a day, for more than two days until all 58,183 names on the Wall
have been read aloud.  During the reading, honor guards will be changed
every 30 minutes or so.

      Any organization wishing to send a honor guard (two to eight
members) to Washington for the ceremony should contact VVMF. 
Individuals interested in reading should call us, too.

      Participants should remember the name reading will take place
outdoors, and Washington weather is unpredictable in November.  Name
readers should be ready for inclement weather.  There is no guarantee
participation will take place during daylight hours, either.  Schedules
will be released in time to arrange hometown news coverage, however.  

      Those unable to come to Washington for the name reading in
November should be able to take part in their home states.  Each
governor has been asked to organize a similar reading of names on the
state level.  Interested persons should contact the Governor's office or
the state's veterans affairs agency.


FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE              CONTACT: Jim Burns 
March 26, 1992


 10TH ANNIVERSARY OF VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL PLANNED


     WASHINGTON -- A series of special events, including
educational seminars around the country, will help
commemorate the 10th Anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial here.

     "We believe the 10th Anniversary will be an
opportunity for an entire nation -- once divided by
Vietnam -- to be united in remembrance and reflection,"
said Jan Scruggs, a Vietnam veteran who is president of
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

     VVMF, the private non-profit organization
responsible for creating the Wall back in 1982, is
planning a wide range of activities throughout the year. 
Seminars, a special concert with music of the 1960s and
an exhibition of art by Vietnam veterans are among the
anniversary events being scheduled.  A reading of all
58,183 names on the Memorial wall is also planned as part
of events planned around Veterans Day, Nov. 11.

     First Lady Barbara Bush is honorary chairwoman of
the 10th Anniversary commemoration.  

     "The story of the Memorial is one of vision,
commitment and leadership embodied by Jan Scruggs and the
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, whose dedication to their
fallen comrades created something much greater that a
wall of granite," President Bush said recently.  "The
Vietnam Veterans Memorial ministers every day, healing
our nation's wounds."

     The Memorial is the most visited monument in our
nation's capital, drawing more than 2.5 million visitors
each year.

     For further information about the Anniversary,
contact the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund at 815 15th
St. N.W., Suite 601, Washington, D.C.  20005 or call
202/393-0090.

                          ###


VVMF'S MEMORIAL DAY CEREMONY

      An estimated crowd of 4,500 braved unusually cool and damp weather
to attend the VVMF's Memorial Day ceremony at the Wall on May 25th .

      The impressive ceremony featured former Senator George McGovern
and musician Country Joe McDonald.  Other special guests included Patty
Crawford, daughter of a Vietnam casualty, Rose Lee of Gold Star Wives
and Dee Lippman of the Vietnam Women's Memorial Project.  Pulitzer Prize-
winning author Lewis Puller Jr. was the keynote speaker.

VETERANS DAY 1992
      
We're still looking for volunteer readers and honor guards for Veterans Day
events, too.  The name reading is scheduled to begin at the Wall on Sunday,
Nov. 8th.  The reading will continue, 24 hours a day, for more than two days
until all 58,183 names on the Wall have been read aloud.  During the
reading, honor guards will be changed every 30 minutes.

      Any organization wishing to send a honor guard (two to eight members)
to Washington for the ceremony should contact VVMF.  Individuals
interested in reading should call, too.

      Please remember the name reading will take place outdoors, and
Washington weather is unpredictable in November.  Name readers should
be ready for inclement weather.  We cannot guarantee your participation
will take place during daylight hours, either.  Schedules will be
released in time for you to arrange hometown news coverage.  

VVMF SEMINARS IN JUNE

      "The Color of the Vietnam War: Race Relations in the U.S. Military"
is scheduled for 3 p.m. Friday, June 12th at Howard University. 
Panelists include Medal of Honor recipient Richard Rocco, ex-POW Fred
Cherry, former nurse Lily Adams, Chief John Yellowbird Steel of the
Lakota Sioux, Tim Brown and Wayne Smith.  Award-winning author Stanley
Karnow will serve as moderator.  For reservations, please call VVMF at
202/393-0090. 

      On June 23 in Washington, VVMF will host a seminar focusing on
women and the Vietnam War.  Panel members will be Chris Noel, a USO
entertainer; Barbara Lilly, a Red Cross worker; Wilma L. Vaught, a retired
Air Force general; Jane Carson, an Army nurse; photographer Barbara
Sonneborn and Wanda Ruffin, director of the In Touch program.  (Ms.
Sonneborn and Ms. Ruffin both lost husbands in Vietnam.)


WALL RENOVATIONS

      Minor renovation work at the Wall will get under way shortly.  The
Memorial will remain open during repairs, which should be finished
before Labor Day.

FATHER'S DAY
      VVMF President Jan Scruggs will take part in a special Father's
Day program organized by the Friends of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial's
Sons and Daughters In Touch.

      Events planned during the weekend of June 19-21 include a
Remembrance dinner on Saturday and a "Rose for Remembrance" ceremony on
Father's Day on the East Knoll overlooking the Memorial.  This will be
the first national gathering of the children of those who lost their
lives or who are still unaccounted for as a result of the Vietnam War.

      For more information, contact Wanda Ruffin, In Touch director, 2030
Clarendon Blvd., Suite 412, Arlington, VA  22201.  Or you can call her at
703/525-1107 (day) or 703/978-1599 (evening).

STATE NAME READINGS

      Those of you unable to leave home to come to Washington for the
name reading in November will have a chance to participate all the same.

      VVMF has asked the Governors in all 50 states, Guam, Puerto Rico
and the Virgin Islands to organize their own name readings.  The
Governors were encouraged to start their name reading ceremonies as the
name reading begins at the Wall on Nov. 8th, but all arrangements are
being left up to the states.  For additional details, contact your
Governor's office or the state veterans' affairs agency.

PLANES, TRAINS AND AUTOMOBILES

      Those of you who can come to Washington for Veterans Day this year
are eligible for discounts for rail travel as well as for airfare and
hotel accommodations.  Call for details about car rentals, too; Hertz and
Avis are offering discounts.

      Amtrak is offering a 10 percent discount on any coach fare except
for Metroliner, auto train and sleeping accommodations.  Special airline
fares can be obtained by calling American Airlines at 1-800-433-1790
(ask for STAR File No. S02N2GV) or by calling Michael Greenwald at 1-800-
237-6971 (ask for Personalized Travel).  Discounts of 45 percent off
regular coach fares and 5 percent off special fares are available.  (For
the cheapest fares, your travel schedule must include a Saturday.)  Hotel
reservations in the area can be made through Washington D.C.
Accommodations (1-800-554-2220).  Be sure to mention you're coming to
Washington for Vietnam Veterans Memorial events.  (There's no charge for
the reservation service.)