| Tomorrow is Memorial Day, a time set aside to focus on remembering those men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice while fighting for our freedoms while serving in the military.
I was proud to help organizers in Sulphur Springs promote The Wall That Heals that came there a couple of years ago. It’s a replica of the monument in Washington DC, built to honor the warriors of the Vietnam War. It bears the names of the 58,281 soldiers who died in Vietnam and seeks to honor the more than three million Americans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces in the Vietnam War.
I interviewed a few Vietnam veteran survivors and their stories touched me to the core. We cried together and laughed and listened to the songs of the time that were often the only good things that got them through their days. They had never seen the wall, not this traveling one, or the one in DC, so the occasion was a very emotional time for them. Read about this project and their stories in this County Line article. The Wall That Heals makes another Texas appearance in Wylie from October 30 to November 2 this year. — P.A. Geddie
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