Events

The mission of these events is to reach out to Vietnam Veterans and bring them in to discuss Agent Orange and ways the Veterans Services can support these veterans.

The Vietnam Veterans Commemorative Trail is located in Price County and has 13 markers to represent the 13 years of service and sacrifice of the brothers and sisters in arms. The markers denote events of the war that were deemed important by Vietnam Veterans. The trail is a commemorative project to remind the public of the sacrifices made by this group of unheralded veterans.

these events will inform fellow Vietnam veterans and civilians that it will be 50 years since the start of Vietnam war and that multi events will be held to commemorate that date.

We will be handing out personalized thank you notes from our Chapter with the pin attached. We work closely with a number of Veterans organizations and will be personally thanking Vietnam Veterans for their service.

To honor & thank veterans of the Vietnam War, to honor & thank veteran families, will lay wreaths on 5 graves of veterans in Chowan County killed in Vietnam War

We will be giving personalized certificates and pins to our local Vietnam Vets from our local Chapter

Interview inserts into local papers on Vietnam Veteran interviews.

There are two events. On February 21 we have our chapter meeting at 248 S Ute Avenue. Our program will be given by a Vietnam War Veteran. We expect up to 100 members and guest. On Memorial Day weekend we will be dedicating a Monument/marker for the Vietnam War Veterans and their families at the Veterans Memorial Cemetery of Western Colorado. This service that the marker will be dedicated for normally has 1000 plus veterans and guests.

Post volunteers will be visiting local high school history classes and giving a presentation.

Former POW John Murphy will present a power point presentation on the POWs of Vietnam

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans

The purpose of this event is to thank and honor the local Vietnam Vets in our area. Our hope is to give them the welcome and thank you they never got with an event fit for heroes and parties. Col. Myron Harrington is our keynote speaker. A retired Marine with a career spanning over 30 years. He was award the Navy Cross & Silver Star among other distinguished awards and military decorations. Our hope is to have someone from the SC state house to honor these men and women as well. We will be recognizing every Vietnam Vet in attendance with a certificate and a commemorative pin. We will also have a wall of remembrance where loved ones can bring a photo of a solider who served in Vietnam who is no longer with us so the family can share in the event as well. We are asking for photos of Vets in attendance to share their photos of Vietnam with us so we can do a customized photo slide show. We invite all Vietnam War Vets in our area to this event.

The speaker will be a Vietnam Veteran who will speak about the ConTai Mission to bring home POW's. Vietnam Veterans will be invited and recognized for their service to our country. Certificates will be given out. (We are a small organization and can only recognize a few at a time.)

They will be presented a certificate to honor and thank them for their service. They will be recognized for their service and shown appreciation for their sacrifices.

Farmington has over 200 Vietnam veterans living in the community but there is no veterans organization for them to gather and meet. The veterans will be able to to do this when they attend the "Bring your own brown bag" lunches which will be held at the Farmington Town Hall from 11 am to 1 pm the second Wednesday of each month until December 2017. The main focus is to give the veterans a place where they can casually gather and share but a short program will be designed by sometimes inviting guest speakers. The local DAR chapter will present certificates to all Vietnam veterans who attend.

Distribution of commemorative materials to outpatient Vietnam veterans and their family members at VA Medical Center by DAR member/VA volunteer. Objective 1.

Annual recognition luncheon where we honor outstanding members of our community. At this luncheon, our guest speaker will be Vietnam Veteran Joseph Malone.

To make veterans and the public aware of the 50th Commemoration of the Vietnam war; handing out information on Vietnam veterans issues, agent orange issues, and health concerns for Vietnam veterans. Tabletop display is held at the VA Hospital the second and fourth Wednesdays of each month for 8 hours per day.

To highlight the service of the armed forces during the Vietnam War and to educate the public with displays of the history of the war and personal photographs, items loaned to the DAR chapter by service members

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund will be providing The Wall That Heals and mobile Education Center in the community of greater St. George, UT. Hosted by VVA Chapter 961, the Zion Harley Davidson dealer will host the four day event in Washington, UT.

Members of Estero Island Chapter, NSDAR, conducted a ceremony to recognize and thank 70 named Vietnam veterans, about 30 of whom attended. They were presented with a commemorative certificate and pin.

National Defense Committee Report focused on the Anniversary of March 8, when first brigade-strength U.S. Marine unit arrived in Vietnam. We shared message from CEO VVMF Jim Knotts on this event and displayed our Partners flag. We also distributed Partners pins, and decals as well as posted the message from CEO Knotts on chapter's Facebook page.

This traveling exhibit details the American prisoner of war experience from the Civil War to modern conflicts. It was created by the National Park Service in cooperation with the American Ex-Prisoners of War and the Friends of Andersonville, to give more citizens the opportunity to explore the American POW story. This is truly an appropriate exhibit for the Frontiers of Flight Museum. Since the advent of the use of aircraft as weapons of war, many American POWs have been aircrew members who crash-landed or bailed out behind enemy lines. There is an extensive educational value to this exhibit, especially for younger generations who may not have a good understanding about this facet of America’s armed conflicts. They also may not understand that in this context, the “prisoners” were not criminals, but American heroes who resisted their captors while upholding the U.S. Military Code of Conduct. The lighting in the exhibit is subdued to reflect the gloom of the POW camp environment and the prisoners’ existence. Toward the end of the exhibit, a highlighted “FREEDOM” graphic signals the way to the exit as additional graphics celebrate the POWs’ eventual repatriation. The exhibit includes sections on Capture, Prison Life, Those Who Wait, and Freedom, and displays artifacts and audio-visual interviews from actual prisoners of war which serves as a memorial to all American prisoners of war.

Emily Toro will be presented a portrait of her son Isaac Cortez who was kill in the line of duty.

Display at the Museum will honor Vietnam veterans,

This event was our first event and we where unsure how to kick off this partnership. I will be completing the AAR once you approve the event also I have a photo topost as well. Any help would greatly apprecated

Our chapter welcomed four new members, all daughters and granddaughters of Durell Langley, a highly decorated Vietnam Veteran who is terminally ill. To honor their father, we planned a program to honor him with a certificate of appreciation for his service, a veterans cap, and a Vietnam 50th Anniversary Commemorative medal - with his daughters/granddaughters presenting the awards. We also had the opportunity to honor 3 more Vietnam veterans who came to honor Durell and 3 non Vietnam veterans - one of whom was Durell's son. The program brought tears to all in attendance. We had a time for refreshments and visiting during which every DAR member personally thanked every veteran there.

To thank and honor Vietnam veterans in a ceremony presenting them with certificates.

To collect, film, and preserve personal stories and other documents from American war veterans for the Library of Congress

To send off WWII, Korean & Vietnam vets who served in all 3 wars. Used 4 bronze pins (Veteran Lapel Pins?)

Quilt making for Vietnam vets in the community including the name and date of service on each one. Then, invited the veteran to a luncheon to present to them with a certificate. This is ongoing.

Exhibit giving us the opportunity to thank and honor Vietnam vets who stopped by our booth.

Six Members of the Capital District of NY AUSA Chapter took part in "The Vietnam in America Memory Course" conducted by Professor Dave Kieran at Skidmore College. A display honoring Vietnam veterans will be made at the New York State Military Museum and Veterans Research Center.

The West Texas Collection display included a panel discussion and reception. The display ran from November 17, 2014 through July 31, 2015.

Lt. Colonel Jerry Ericsson (Ret) spoke at Star of Destiny, NSDAR to relay his experiences as a decorated helicopter pilot in Vietnam and how the war forged the future of his life. As a tribute to him, Star of Destiny has purchased an engraved brick in Lt. Col. Ericsson's name and it has been placed in the Vietnam section of the Veteran's War Memorial, Plaza of Liberty in McAllen, Texas

Our DAR chapter's Historic Preservation is collecting questionnaires regarding Vietnam Veterans experiences. This is an ongoing project and will conclude in March 2016. These questionnaires will be converted into a narrative form and compiled for the Katy Library.

The Lapeer County Committee members proposed to the county newspaper that they run an interview of a Vietnam Veteran once a month for the three years of the National Commemoration. The Lapeer County Press agreed and has run full page up to 1 1/4 pages of individual interviews of Lapeer County Vietnam Veterans. The articles have been very educational and have given a very real picture of the war from our heroes eyes. This publication covers more than Lapeer County. Public publication 2015-2018 Anticipated attendance is a guess as I don't know the county distribution hard copy and internet.

Presentation of the DoD 50th Anniversary Commemorative Vietnam Veteran Lapel Pin to Pentagon visitors.