i WILL stop in west hartford center to see this

and honor our fallen heroes. if you're in the area, before or after you go to one of those 'trendy' west hartford joints, DO stop by the wall. please. honor those who gave for YOUR safety

 

Vietnam Memorial Replica Goes On Display At West Hartford Town Hall

 By VANESSA DE LA TORRE

WEST HARTFORD — —

The wind Thursday morning whipped at the line of small American flags that had just been staked on the town hall lawn. The sky was cloudy and rain seemed imminent.

Nearby, in the town parking lot on South Main Street, was a flatbed truck that had arrived in town earlier with a police and motorcycle escort. It carried the 74 black panels of the Moving Wall, a half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D.C.

Inscribed on the Wall's panels are the names of more than 58,000 American service members killed or missing in action in the Vietnam War..............

 

pic: Members of the Leatherneck Riders, a motorcycle group of U.S. Marine Corps veterans including ,1st Sgt Dennis Bailey, Aaron Gray, Walt Kedzior and Billy Betzner, help erect The Moving Wall, the traveling half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the lawn in front of West Hartford Town Hall. There will be a candlelight vigil at the wall at 8:45 p.m. Saturday. The wall moves on to upstate New York on Monday. (Cloe Poisson, Hartford Courant / June 16, 2010)