LZ Lambeau: Welcoming Home Wisconsin's Vietnam Veterans (May 21-23, 2010) - will affection a appropriate black anniversary central Green Bay's Lambeau Field that will account and acknowledge Wisconsin's Vietnam Veterans, while alms a balmy acceptable home that abounding never received. On account of the State of Wisconsin, I am appreciative to allure Wisconsin's Vietnam Veterans, Vietnam Era Veterans and their families to an important anniversary at Lambeau Field in May 2010
(Vocus/PRWEB ) August 20, 2009 -- A extensive statewide accomplishment to account Wisconsin Vietnam War Veterans will culminate in a weekend of acceptance and anniversary of their account and cede for veterans and their families.
The May 21-23, 2010 contest - LZ Lambeau: Welcoming Home Wisconsin's Vietnam Veterans - will affection a appropriate black anniversary central Green Bay's Lambeau Field that will account and acknowledge Wisconsin's Vietnam Veterans, while alms a balmy acceptable home that abounding never received.
"On account of the State of Wisconsin, I am appreciative to allure Wisconsin's Vietnam Veterans, Vietnam Era Veterans and their families to an important anniversary at Lambeau Field in May 2010," Gov. Jim Doyle wrote in a affable letter. "We owe our nation's veterans - and those who are confined in Iraq, Afghanistan, and added locations of the apple today - a debt of acknowledgment that cannot be repaid. But what we can do is accumulate the promises we fabricated to them and consistently account their account and sacrifice. LZ Lambeau: Welcoming Home Wisconsin's Vietnam Veterans will serve as a applicable accolade to Wisconsin's adventurous men and women who sacrificed abundantly in account to our country. The celebration will account those who were dead in action and those still missing and listed as unaccounted for from the Vietnam War."
Named for the Landing Zones that Vietnam Veterans were generally deployed to and aggressive by the interviews with Vietnam veterans from the accessible Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories documentary project, LZ Lambeau is a affiliation of The Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, the Wisconsin Historical Society and Wisconsin Public Television, alternating with an all-encompassing accumulation of veterans organizations statewide.
The Saturday, May 22, 2010 black accident in Lambeau Field will affection appropriate speakers, recognition, music and premiere segments from the Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories documentary.
Other contest planned for the weekend cover the attendance of The Moving Wall™, opportunities for veterans to accumulate with their adolescent account men and women, a new aboriginal display featuring artifacts, photographs, and added items from the all-inclusive Vietnam War accumulating of the Wisconsin Veterans Museum and educational exhibits from the Wisconsin Department of Veterans Affairs, a book signing of the Wisconsin Historical Society Press Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories book with co-authors Sarah A. Larsen and Jennifer M. Miller, Vietnam-era aggressive car displays, affair and acquaintance opportunities and more. Plans aswell cover a cross-state motorcycle ride from La Crosse to Green Bay above-mentioned to the weekend events.
Other aspects of the yearlong Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories activity cover a accompaniment book to the documentary appear by the Wisconsin Historical Society, a centralized activity Web site, a traveling arcade account exhibit, a academy class and adept alert sessions accommodating by the Wisconsin Veterans Museum.
Similar in architecture to the award-winning Wisconsin World War II Stories and Wisconsin Korean War Stories, the Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories documentary and book will acquiesce Wisconsin veterans to acquaint their belief in their own words, administration adventures and memories from the war and their acknowledgment home.
Initial above allotment for Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories and LZ Lambeau has been provided by Don and Roxanne Weber of La Crosse, Associated Bank, Wisconsin Public Service, Oneida Nation, and Ron and Colleen Weyer.
Funding for accretion the programming and educational apparatus of LZ Lambeau and Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories continues. Individual and accumulated contributions are welcome.
To apprentice added about the weekend, to assurance up for approved updates and for advice about LZ Lambeau, appointment LZLambeau.org.
In planning for Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories, activity ally accept formed with an advising axle with assembly from abounding veterans' organizations. Members of that board cover the Vietnam Veterans of America-Wisconsin State Council; County Veterans Service Officers Association of Wisconsin; Disabled American Veterans, Department of Wisconsin; Wisconsin Department of Military Affairs; Being There-Reaching Out Inc. For the Wisconsin Families of our Fallen Military; Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Wisconsin; American Legion Department of Wisconsin; the Military Order of the Purple Heart; Wisconsin Gold Star Families; Thuy Smith International Outreach Inc.; Veterans of the Menominee Nation, and the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation; The Hmong Veterans of Wisconsin; AMVETS and the Patriot Guard Riders.
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