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.

To present Flag and certificate to the Post 124 Commander to commemorate the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War.

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.

To thank and honor Veterans from the Vietnam War and highlight the services of the Armed Forces.

Welcome Home Vietnam Veterans

1- To Thank and honor Veterans of the Vietnam War, for their service and sacrifices. 2- April 18, 2015-We will present the Patriot Guard Riders with a Community Service Award and honor all the Vietnam Veterans Present. 3-Summer 2015-Brat picnic give-way to Vietnam Veterans to acknowledge and honor their service.

16 May 2015-DAR meeting and Presentation of Vietnam Commemorative Certificates and Pins to our Chapter DAR Veterans/Family. Elementary School-Wounded Warrior 5K run. The students make Thank You cards and hand them out to Veterans. With materals we will be able to raise awareness of the 50th anniversary of the Vietnam War and recognize those that served.

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.

We plan on attending their meeting and honoring the Vietnam Veterans with the certificate and button or pin.

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.

Recoginze the Vietnam Veterans on Memorial Day, and also set up displays in the libraries, and historcial society building.

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.

We will be honoring the Vietnam War Veterans who are still with us. We are also recognizing the veterans who were killed in action and one who is missing in action, plus the ones who have died since the war. All will be given certificates and pins. We have a Vietnam War Veterna who will give a moving speech.

Can you add sending 1 set of posters (every one of them). This is for an exhibit he is doing in San Diego that will go till 2017, so I think based on what he’s doing, we can send 1 of everything. Opening ceremony of new permanent exhibit on the Vietnam Experience on the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War. Exhibits, displays, timelines, oral histories, and personal stories tell the experiences of San Diegans in the Vietnam War on 4/30/2015. Exhibit opens to public on May 1st, 2015.

Honor Vietnam Veterans in formal ceremonies across the State. The first session will honor the State's Adjutant General, MGen Daryll Wong. Requesting 50 lapel pins.

All American Week on Ft Bragg is a week long active duty event, along with 82nd Airborne Division Association events to highlight division competition and espirit de corps through many events. The week kicks off with the division run on Monday morning, Division review, Memorial program, individual unit picnics and the Association dining out. During this week we will honoring our Vietnam Veterans, but specifically at Moon Hall at our dining-in on Ft Bragg on Thursday evening, May 21st.

This summer in recognition of the 50th anniversary of US involvement in Vietnam, the First Division Museum will present the exhibit, Five Years in the Jungle: Vietnam Experiences of the 1st Infantry Division 1965-1970. The exhibit will include an array of artifacts collected by 1ID units and individuals during service in Vietnam. A significant portion of those objects will be on display in a representation of the division’s in-country museum where visitors will experience how soldiers would learn about the threats they would face in Vietnam. In 1967, the 3rd Brigade created a museum as part of the Combat Introduction Course to help familiarize new soldiers with the weapons, uniforms, equipment, and methods of the NVA and VC. Division HQ took this model and created a museum that served the same purpose for all soldiers who joined the 1st ID. The museum recreation will even include several pieces from the original in-country museums. Another exciting component of the exhibit will be a floor map of the division’s AO. The illustrated map will colorfully depict III Corps Tactical Zone highlighting 1ID areas of operation and will include an inset of both North and South Vietnam for context. Visitors will be able to walk on the map to get a close up look at locations. Surrounding the map will be artifact clusters that tie to specific battles, individuals, locations and unique stories highlighting the entire five year period of the 1st ID’s deployment. Through these artifacts, including significant amounts of captured material, the story of soldiers engaging a skilled and determined enemy will come into focus. In addition, there will be a timeline highlighting important events during the Vietnam War, photo enlargements that portray the different environments found throughout III Corps and a music interactive that will allow visitors to listen to music and create their own playlists. Visitors should leave the exhibit with a better understanding of the experiences of 1st Division soldiers during the Vietnam War and a better understanding of those difficult years.

Presentation of video, thanks veterans for their service and distribute lapel pins

The New York National Guard's Military History Museum partners with Skidmore College to open a new exhibit May 1 honoring the service of the Capital Region's Vietnam Veterans. Students from the Skidmore College History course, "The Vietnam War in American Memory," taught by Professor David Kieran, gathered the oral histories of 11 Vietnam era-veterans from Saratoga Springs. A joint effort between the students and the NYS Military Museum and Veterans Research Center will be featured in a new public exhibit through November 2015 as part of Department Skidmore students learning about the Vietnam War in Professor Kieran's course sought out 11 area veterans and completed individual oral history assignments to learn more about Vietnam Veterans' diverse experiences. Through collaboration with Courtney Burns, Military History Director and curator of the NYS Military museum, a collection of the students' work, including veteran artifacts from Vietnam and materials that document their experiences, will be exhibited at the museum. The nation marked the start of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War in 2012 and New York State, the New York National Guard, the City of Saratoga Springs and the Military Museum are all Commemorative Partners with the Department of Defense to honor the service of Vietnam Veterans and their families. Events hosted at the museum are intended to thank and honor veterans of the Vietnam War for their service and sacrifice on behalf of the United States and to thank and honor the families of these veterans. The exhibit featuring the Vietnam Veterans experience and their oral histories will be on display at the museum through Veterans Day 2015.

A ceremony at our veteran wall. Each day our Vietnam and Era veterans will have names scrolled on all TV monitors. Over the course of the week we will honor our veterans and on the 20th do the ceremony and presentation at the wall and present to pins to our veterans. Our plants hosts approx 3500 workers. We will also work to identify the children of Vietnam Veterans and honor them as well.

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.

Educational opportunity about the maritime sea services.

On May 18th, members of the Ki-Ka-Ma-Sung Society, N.S.C.A.R. attended a meeting of the Kalamazoo City Commission. At the meeting, James Kraatz, the chair of the Michigan State C.A.R. Veterans Committee, presented a proposal requesting that the mayor and city commissioners issue a proclamation honoring Vietnam Veterans and their families. His proposal was endorsed by the Ki-Ka-Ma-Sung Society and by Regent Nancy Colburn, on behalf of the Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Chapter, NSDAR. The Ki-Ka-Ma-Sung Society and the Lucinda Hinsdale Stone Chapter are commemorative partners for the Vietnam War Commemoration. James' proposal was received with applause by the city commissioners and the members of the public who were present. As the next step, James will work on drafting the wording of the proclamation together with the mayor's office and Mr John Riling III, the Michigan president of the Vietnam Veterans of America. Here is the text of his proposal to the City of Kalamazoo: Dear Mayor Hopewell and Members of the Kalamazoo City Commission, I think that you should make a year that honors Vietnam veterans and their families, because it would make them feel better. I went to the last three honor flight Welcome Home receptions and welcomed home a lot of World War II veterans. They were all heroes. The Vietnam veterans are heroes too, but they haven’t ever gotten a welcome home. When they came home, lots of people blamed them for how unpopular the Vietnam War was, but it really wasn’t their fault. The war might still not be popular, but maybe a welcome home might make the veterans themselves more popular. I think you should honor the veterans’ families, too, because some of the veterans died, and that made the families sad. You should also honor the families who had soldiers who were sent out and didn’t die, because they were probably really scared that they would die or get hurt really badly. They also might have missed the soldiers who went to fight. They missed

A tribute to American Veterans.

To honor the Vietnam War Veterans who currently reside in Cheyenne County with a DAR Certificate recognizing their valor, service, and sacrifice, the Presidential Proclamation, brochures, pins, and other items.

To display the Commemorative Flag and materials at the Horizon Book Store as a way to thank and honor our Vietnam Veterans.

24 Square Feet of window was decorated using brochures, fact sheets, maps, books, patriotic decorations, signage thanking our Vietnam Veteran's for their service. The display stood for 45 days.

Display packet was used to make a display at the Millbrook Library and was up for 6 weeks. The Director said it was enjoyed by all and many veterans came to see and talk about it.

Display set up. Used especially for the 4th of July, and will through Veterans day, distributing pins and stickers.

Display at the Valley County Historical Museum and mementos were passed out.

Display at the Dawson County Historical Society.

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

During the week before Memorial Day, this DAR chapter donated their Commemorative Flag to the Mountaineer Military Museum. The owner himself is a Vietnam War Era veteran. They pledged to fly it during the Memorial Day activities and display it in their Museum as a tribute to all veterans but especially those fallen Vietnam War friends of the owner's.

Chapter daughters prepared a display at the Heard County Museum featuring local Heard County Veterans' pictures and service information, the Commission Flag, 50th Anniversary information and a big note of Appreciation for all. The display was to be up from April thru September. Notices of the display and invitations to the public to visit were printed in the local newspaper.

30th Anniversary of the Coast Guard Combat Veterans Association was celebrated during the association's 17th reunion/convention. there was an opening ceremony and awards banquet.

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.

To draw attention to the service of the Vietnam Veterams and their families. To honor them in the community.

The chapter compiled the Illinois Vietnam War Era Honor Roster Volume II to honor these veterans. This book lists Illinois Vietnam veterans and include name, rank, branch of service, service years, and identifies if they veteran was a war veteran or era veteran.

Document a video, interviews from 45 Vietnam veterans telling their experience based on student questions

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