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Kaleva

(36,259 posts)
Thu Oct 9, 2014, 05:37 PM Oct 2014

The Vietnam Veterans Moving Wall Museum Foundation

Spent the afternoon helping set up a Facebook page for the above mentioned group. The purpose of the proposed museum is to house one of the Moving Walls (there are 2 moving walls) along with all the items vets, and family and friends of vets left at the Moving Wall at numerous display sites over the past 30 years. Items such as letters, uniforms, medals, unit flags, pictures and other things.

The Moving Wall has been touring since 1984 and here is a link to the main web page:

http://tmwmuseum.com/

Here is the link to the Facebook page:

https://www.facebook.com/pages/The-Vietnam-Veterans-Moving-Wall-Museum-Foundation/733727173343226

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nitpicker

(7,153 posts)
1. A different Wall in Williamsburg VA Columbus Day weekend
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 07:28 AM
Oct 2014
http://www.buildthecenter.vvmf.org/page/event/detail/thewallthathealsevent/jtz

From the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (who helps supply Wall volunteers and site care in DC, and hosts some Wall ceremonies)

And who ALSO is planning to build an education center.

pinboy3niner

(53,339 posts)
3. Yes, that was first and currently there are 5 other mobile replicas
Fri Oct 10, 2014, 10:25 PM
Oct 2014

Most are half scale, but the two exceptions are 1/4 scale and 80% scale. A couple of the older mobile replicas have been retired and installed as permanent displays. One of these, the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall, was installed at Ft. Benning, GA this year as a 5-year "permanent" display. There's another half scale permanent display in Pensacola and I've seen a reference to one in Kansas but I haven't confirmed that.

Besides the Moving Wall referenced in the OP the other mobile replicas are:

The Wall That Heals Traveling Wall (half scale) (includes mobile museum)
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
http://www.vvmf.org/twth

Bringing Home the Wall Memorial (1/4 scale)
Tom Twigg and his wife, Dee, built it in the 1990s and started traveling around the country. The current version has been downsized from the original half scale one to permit indoor display at places like church halls and VA hospitals.
http://www.bringinghomethewall.com/media/new_memorial_wall.html

The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall (3/5 scale)
Vietnam and All Veterans of Brevard

The Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall® is part of the Vietnam and All Veterans of Brevard (V V B) located in Brevard County Florida. (Melbourne, FL)
http://www.travelingwall.us/

The American Veterans Traveling Tribute Wall (80 percent scale)
AVTT

It is 360 feet long, 8 feet high.
http://www.avtt.org/resources/Sponsor-Area/Sponsor-Only-Area/Traveling-Wall-Informational-Handout.pdf

The Mobile Vietnam Veterans Memorial for the Antelope Valley (AV Wall) (half scale)
Point Man Antelope Valley (California)

The 'AV Wall' is the only one of the mobile replicas that does not travel around the country. It was created for periodic display locally, though it has traveled several times to other display sites in California. It was last displayed in Simi, CA over Memorial Day 2014 and will celebrate its 5th anniversary with a display in Palmdale, CA over Veterans Day.
http://www.avwall.org/

Kaleva

(36,259 posts)
4. Jenny approaches running goal in virtual run fundraiser for Vietnam Moving Wall
Fri Dec 5, 2014, 07:36 PM
Dec 2014

"She has almost completed her goal of running 2,317 miles on a virtual run to San Jose, California to raise money to build a museum in Rockland to house one of the Vietnam Moving Walls."

http://www.uppermichiganssource.com/news/story.aspx?id=1131728#.VIJASXu3tbo
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