For Immediate Release
November 3, 2004

Contact: JoAnn Mangione
(202) 393-0090 ext.109

ANNUAL VETERANS DAY OBSERVANCE AT THE WALL
Thursday, November 11, 2004 at 1 p.m./Live: www.USVets.tv

WHO: Veterans of the Vietnam War and other past conflicts will participate in the 23rd Annual Veterans Day Observance at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and the National Park Service. Active-duty military who recently served in Operation Iraqi Freedom also are expected to participate.

Guest Speakers:

  • The Honorable John P. Murtha, U.S. House of Representatives, PA-12th District. 
    Congressmen Murtha is the first combat Vietnam veteran elected to Congress.
  • Most Reverend John J. Kaising, Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
  • Jan C. Scruggs, Founder and President, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
  • Gentry Davis, Deputy Regional Director, National Capital Region, National Park Service
  • James ‘Marty’ Irving, former U.S. Marine Corps Captain in Vietnam; VVMF Corporate Council Member; Managing Director Cassidy & Pinkard, Inc.
  • Diane Carlson Evans, Founder and President, Vietnam Women’s Memorial Foundation
  • Karen Spears Zacharias, author and journalist whose father’s name is inscribed on
    Panel 9E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
     

 

WEBCAST: The Veterans Day Observance will be webcast live at www.USVets.tv and archived on www.TVWorldwide.com. Media outlets interested in the event live via satellite will find coordinates posted on these two sites two or three days before the event.

NOTE: Satellite/microwave trucks can park along Henry Bacon Drive.  Parking is not available for crew cars. Cameras should be in position on the media platform by 12:30 p.m. For information or interviews, call the National Park Service at 202-619-7400 or the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund at 202-393-0090, ext. 109.

WHERE: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Constitution Gardens, Washington D.C.

WHEN: Thursday, November 11, 2004 at 1 p.m.

Established in 1979, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund is the non-profit organization authorized by Congress to build the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Today, through a series of outreach programs, the organization works to preserve the legacy of The Wall, to promote healing and to educate about the impact of the Vietnam War.

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