12:00 AM - 12:00 AM
32nd ANNUAL POW/MIA VIGIL ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 20 (National POW/MIA Recognition Day)& 21, 2019, THE TEXARKANA AREA CHAPTER # 278 OF THE VIETNAM VETERANS OF AMERICA, INC. WILL STAGE THEIR 32nd ANNUAL POW/MIA VIGIL AT THE KOREA/VIETNAM MEMORIAL AT 7tH STREET & STATE LINE AVENUE IN DOWNTOWN TEXARKANA. THIS VIGIL IS TO HONOR AND REMEMBER THOSE WHO ARE/WERE CLASSIFIED AS PRISONERS OF WAR/MISSING IN ACTION (POW/MIA), BOTH THOSE WHO RETURNED AND THOSE STILL UNACCOUNTED FOR, FROM ALL WARS, TO RAISE PUBLIC AWARENESS OF THIS ISSUE AND TO LET THE FAMILIES OF THESE MEN AND WOMEN KNOW THEY ARE NOT ALONE IN THEIR QUEST OFR ANSWERS AND FOR CLOSURE. WE WILL SPEND ONE MINUTE FOR EACH AMERICAN WHO IS UNNACOUNTED FOR FROM THE VIETNAM WAR (1588), AND ONE MINUTE FOR EACH AMERICAN UNACCOUNTED FOR FROM THE KOREAN WAR WHOSE NAME IS ENGRAVED UPON THIS MEMORIAL (37) PLUS ONE MINUTE FOR EACH AMERICAN UNACCCOUNTED FOR FROM THE GULF WARS (3) AS OF NOW THIS IS 1631 MINUTES (27 HOURS AND 11 MINUTES). OUR TENATIVE SCHEDULE IS: FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20: OPENING CEREMONIES......5:19 PM CANDLELIGHT CERMONIES....8:00 PM SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 21: POW MEAL...12 NOON "RIDE TO REMEMBER"....3:00 PM (LEAVES ARKANSAS WELCOME CENTER @ 2:40