Vietnam Veterans Memorial

05/29/2012

Here are some few pictures from yesterdays Memorial Day ceremony. Feel free to add your own to our wall!

The 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War and 30th Anniversary of The Wall

05/25/2012

Please come to our ceremony on Monday May 28th at 1:30 PM at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial!

Monday is Memorial Day and VVMF, along with the Department of Defense (DoD) and the The White House, are putting on the biggest ceremony for veterans in years! If you are in the area, please join us for this tribute to veterans at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at 1:30 p.m. (Security closes at 1 p.m., plan to arrive early.)

Not in the Washington, D.C. area? Check us out on Facebook and Twitter () for live photos and quotes of the ceremony. Use and for Twitter.

05/16/2012

Be sure to come to The Wall on Memorial day! We have some big speakers lined up

VVMF is pleased to announce that President Obama will be taking part in our ceremony at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC on Memorial Day. Please attend this memorable event if you are in the DC area!

This is an announcement of a ceremony only. This is not a forum for political debate. All inappropriate comments will be removed.

04/25/2012

A new music video honors our country's fallen soldiers and raises awareness about those still suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder.

04/15/2012

PTSD has claimed too many soldiers and veterans.

For returning soldiers, home has been deadlier than the battlefield. Some say the V.A. isn’t doing enough to help.

04/10/2012

There are 312 Hawaiians on The Wall and VVMF has only 132. VVMF need your help collecting the remaining 180.

03/30/2012

Recent CBS News story about The Wall and its founder.

Vietnam vet Jan Scruggs is the man behind the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. Barry Petersen reflects with Scruggs on the impact the memorial has had on veterans and their loved ones.

03/26/2012

Today is the 30th Anniversary of the Groundbreaking of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial! Be sure to check here through out the day for updates about our ceremony.

For a little background about the groundbreaking, read Jan C Scruggs', Founder and President of VVMF, blog:
http://vvmf.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/the-legacy-of-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial/

by Jan C. Scruggs On Monday 26 March 2012, we will commemorate the groundbreaking for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The groundbreaking occurred in 1982 on a cold and windy day when one hun...

02/29/2012

Capt. Riley Pitts was the first African American Officer to be awarded the Congressional Medal of Honor. As we end Black History Month, please take a few minutes to put a face and a story with his name on The Wall and please share this with others to honor his memory.

BG George Price, USA (Ret.) highlights the service of African Americans during the Vietnam War and discusses the controversy of the choice of black granite i...

02/25/2012

If you'd like to learn more about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the efforts to build the Education Center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, please LIKE the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund page and see Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund website. Together we can put a face to every name on The Wall.

The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Fund (VVMF) is the nonprofit organization that built the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.