The United War Veterans Council invites all Vietnam Veterans to join us for our fourth annual Vietnam Veterans Recognition Day commemoration. The event will be hosted in the lobby promenade of 55 Water Street, adjacent to the New York City Vietnam Veterans Plaza in Downtown Manhattan.
This year’s event will be divided into two components:
10:00 AM to 12:00 Noon: Reading of names of the fallen
1,741 New Yorkers lost in Vietnam, plus those lost in Iraq & Afghanistan
12:00 Noon ~ 1:30 PM: Lunch & Reunion
1:30 ~ 2:30 PM: Formal presentation
Including proclamations from New York City and New York State, musical performances, remarks by Vietnam Veterans of America National President John Rowan and other guests, and presentation by General Claude M. Kicklighter of the Department of Defense’s 50th Anniversary Commemoration.
More details will be forthcoming, in the meantime, save the date!
» Read about last year’s event!