Vietnam Veterans Memorial stops in Tishomingo
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Updated: 1:02 PM Jun 27, 2008
Vietnam Veterans Memorial stops in Tishomingo
TISHOMINGO, OK -- A moving tribute to thousands of our nation's lost heroes rolled into Johnston County this week. First News reporter Robin Beal has more on the much-anticipated mobile memorial’s stop in Texoma.
Posted: 6:27 PM Jun 26, 2008
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TISHOMINGO, Okla. -- A moving tribute to thousands of our nation's lost heroes rolled into Johnston County this week. First News reporter Robin Beal has more on the much-anticipated mobile memorial’s stop in Texoma.

If you have ever traveled the more than 1,300 miles to Washington, D.C. you have likely seen it. Some have called the Vietnam Veterans' Memorial one of the most moving monuments in our nation's capital.

Thanks to two prominent veterans' groups in Johnston County, you can experience it without having to leave Texoma.

The moving wall is a one-half scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington. It has been traveling the country for more than twenty years. The first replica went on display in Tyler, Texas in 1984. Now there are two, and from Thursday through Monday, you can go to Tishomingo, Oklahoma, 24-hours-a-day, to see one of them.

Organizers include the Johnston County VFW and the American Legion.

“These names that you see on this wall are people, not just names. They're people that gave their lives to the Vietnam conflict, so it’s a very special wall to a lot of people," coordinator Betty Roan says.

For anyone who is interested in going, there are two opportunities of interest. The official opening ceremony will be held Thursday morning at 10 a.m. There will be a special candlelight service Sunday night at 9 p.m.

It is located at the Tishomingo football field and is open 24 hours, free of charge, through Monday.


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