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The Vietnam Moving Wall is Coming to Stockton
Weber Point Event Center
May 29 - June 1, 2008
You are invited to visit the display and attend the Ribbon Cutting Thursday, May 29, at 4:00 p.m. and A special program on Saturday, May 31, at Noon to commemorate veterans and the sacrifices and contributions they have made to our country. More than 58,000 names will be read during the 3 days we are privileged to have this memorial in our community. |
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| Contact Information | |
Tino (209) 476-1373 or (209) 969-0944 |
Rick (209) 598-3128 |
| Volunteer List | |
| Publicity | Rita Vasquez - (510) 418-0713 |
| Volunteers for Locating Names in Directory | Catherine Mooney - (209) 954-5635 |
| Tents/Info Tables, Chairs, Cots, Benches | Ray Bael - (209) 609-7583 |
| Assemble/Disassemble The Moving Wall | George Riojas - (209) 915-0733 |
| Food for Volunteers | Jonise Oliva - (209) 639-2337 |
| Reading of Names from Wall's Directory | Elizabeth Blanchard - (209) 954-5886 ext. 4865 |
| Security | Rick Dimas - (209) 598-3128 |
| Activities | |
| May 27th | |
| Fundraiser dinner at the Sheraton Hotel in Stockton. For more information, please call Loreen at 464-8707 ext. 100 | |
| May 28th | |
| Blessing of The Wall by the Native Americans at 7:00 a.m. | |
| May 29th | |
| Blessing of the Wall by the Native Americans, followed by ribbon cutting at 4:00 p.m. by the Mayor of Stockton, Ed Chavez. The reading of over 58,000 names will begin | |
| May 31st | |
| Special program to remember all veterans and their sacrifices and contributions they have made to our country at 12:00 noon | |
| REMEMBER, GONE BUT NOT FORGOTTEN | |
Preamble of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial "In honor of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States who served in the Vietnam War.The names of those who gave their lives and of those who remain missing are inscribed in the order they were taken from us." |
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