Piedmont, Ok

Author:	Memorial Vietnam Wall	Created:	2/15/2009 4:41 PM
Join us in Piedmont, Oklahoma from July 2nd - 5th to see the awe-inspiring Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall.

Motorcycle Brigade Escorts Wall

By Memorial Vietnam Wall on 6/27/2009 11:48 PM

A motorcycle escort of thousands of riders following a semitrailer transporting the Dignity Memorial^® Vietnam Wall, a three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to Piedmont High School ’s Stout Field near the intersection of OK-Highway 4 and Edmond Road in Piedmont , Okla.

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CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS

By Memorial Vietnam Wall on 6/22/2009 8:27 PM

CALL FOR VOLUNTEERS TO READ

ALL 58,000+ NAMES ON THE WALL

We will be reading all 58,000+ names that are listed on the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall and we need your help!

There will be two readers reading every other name in 15 minute intervals. A small PA system will be used to broadcast the names very low and quietly into the background.

If you can help read the names of our Fallen Heroes, please contact Brooke Kuns ASAP by email brookek@piedmont-ok.gov.

Thank you,

Amy Lawter

Amylawter@sbcglobal.net

Co Chair Publicity Committee

Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall

Piedmont, Oklahoma

405-203-6672

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Wall - Schedule of Events

By Memorial Vietnam Wall on 6/13/2009 8:34 AM

Draft 6/12/09

WEDNESDAY

JULY 1, 2009

4:00 PM – Staging of Motorcycles – VFW in El Reno

6:00 PM – Depart for Piedmont – Route 66 to Yukon, then North to Piedmont on Highway 4

7:00 PM – Arrive at Stout Field – Erect Wall

9:00 PM – Purple Heart Ceremony – Wall Apex

Posting of Colors - Vietnam Veterans Oklahoma City Chapter

"Taps"

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Traveling Vietnam Wall Comes to Piedmont

By Memorial Vietnam Wall on 5/30/2009 9:54 AM

Free and open to the public 24 hours a day from Friday, July 3 through Sunday, July 5, the replica is eight feet high and 240 feet long. Its black, reflective surface is inscribed with the names of more than 58,000 servicemen and women who died or are missing in Vietnam . Paper and pencils will be provided so visitors can make rubbings of names etched on the wall.

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Behind the Wall: Dan’s Long Nights

By Memorial Vietnam Wall on 5/29/2009 6:47 PM

The ground was rocking like a seven point five earthquake. Whistling rockets were diving, the bunks threatened to topple as the metal hooch clanged and quivered. Shrapnel sliced into the building as though it were butter. The most terrifying part of the rocket attack was when the whistling stopped -- the two to three seconds before impact. In those seconds Dan just waited hoping the rocket wasn’t coming down on top of him.

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