Traveling Vietnam memorial making a stop in Peoria
The Moving Wall, a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be stopping at Rio Vista Community Park September 5-9.
Maureen Cabral, of Winchester, holds a rose up to the name of her husband, John J. Cabral, who was killed in action in Vietnam in 1972, on a panel of the Moving Wall (Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
(Photo by John Tlumacki/The Boston Globe via Getty Images)
PHOENIX — The Moving Wall, a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be stopping at Rio Vista Community Park in Peoria Sept. 5-9 and will be open 24 hours a day.
The monument was created in 1984 and has been traveling the country for more than 30 years. Its most recent stop in Arizona was at Mark Coronado Park in Surprise last July.
It features 58,000 names of men and women who were either killed or went missing during the Vietnam War.
The Vietnam memorial travels the country for people who do not have the opportunity to see the original, full-size memorial in the nation’s capitol.
While the Moving Wall is in Peoria, the city is looking for volunteers.
The exhibit needs an onsite host, an assembly and disassembly team, food donations and preparations and event support.
All volunteers will be provided a shift meal.
If you want to lend a helping hand, visit www.peoriaaz.gov/veterans.
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