Run For The Wall: Remembering Vietnam on a Motorcycle Pilgrimage
by Raymond J. Michalowski, Jill Dubisch
Category: Social Science

It is not about the Vietnam War nor veterans nor bikers that sociologist Michalowski and anthropologist, Dubisch (both North Arizona U.) write, but how the three combine with key elements of American culture such as freedom, individuality, and community to produce a ritual, a healing pilgrimage called the Run for the Wall. They accompanied the 1998 ride from southern California to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. to draw attention to the prisoners of war and missing in action. Annotation copyrighted by Book News Inc., Portland, OR