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600 In Memory Honor Roll – Photos of local Sponsorship Opportunities cities Vietnam veterans honored through VVMF’s Sponsorship opportunities range from $100 In Memory program which honors veterans That Heals to $7,500 and are designed to allow you to who returned home and later died of Vietnam has visited reach a huge audience – both locally and -related illnesses. across the state. Wall of Faces Digital Kiosk – Allows visitors to search for names using VVMF’s online ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ 31 Wall of Faces. sets of Signature Contributor $7,500 & up brothers Two Paper Directories – Allows for names to on The Wall Five Star Contributor $5,000 Mobile Education Displays be found alphabetically. Four Star Contributor $2,500 Hometown Heroes – Photos of service The Gold Star Bike – Donated to VVMF by the members on The Wall who list their home of American Gold Star Mothers in 2012, the bike Three Star Contributor $1,500 8 record from the local area. The photos are part is a Softail Custom Harley that pays tribute to Two Star Contributor $1,000 women on of the effort to put a face to every name on The Wall the mothers who lost sons to the Vietnam War. The Wall for the virtual Wall of Faces. Help is Single Star Contributor $500 needed to find every photo. Patriot Contributor $100 Map of Vietnam ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ Wake Forest Proudly Hosts 3 sets of A Display of Items – Representative of those left at The Wall in Washington, D.C. in For additional sponsorship information: fathers & email: [email protected] sons on remembrance of those on The Wall. THE WALL THAT HEALS The Wall

22 yrs, The Wall That Heals is a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial 9 mos average Thursday through Sunday October 18-21 age of service Exhibit open 24-hours-a-day beginning Thursday, 8 am and ending Sunday, 2 pm members E. Carroll Joyner Park | 701 Harris Road | Wake Forest on The Wall For information: wakeforestnc.gov/the-wall-that-heals.aspx Free and open to the public Name Rubbings Wake Forest is the Only For the first time in the history of The Wall That Heals, How to Find a visitors will be able to perform “name rubbings” of individual Town in North Carolina to service member’s names on The Wall. Name on The Wall Host this Exhibit in 2018! West Panels East Panels New, Larger Exhibit The Wall Replica May 25, 1968 - May 5, 1975 June 8, 1956 - May 25, 1968 Wake Forest is pleased be among the first to Like the original Memorial, The Wall That host the new, larger exhibit, which includes a 375 ft Heals is erected in a chevron shape and length three-quarter scale Wall replica that is 375 feet visitors can do name rubbings of individual 70W 69W 2W 1W 1E 2E 69E 70E of The in length and stands 7.5 feet high at its tallest service member’s names on The Wall. Wall That point. With the new replica at this size, visitors The Wall replica is constructed of Avonite, Heals will be able to experience The Wall rising a synthetic granite, and its 140 numbered LIST RESUMES FROM PANEL 70E LIST ENDS ON PANEL 1W LIST BEGINS ON 1E LIST CONTINUES ON PANEL 70W above them as they walk towards the apex, panels are supported by an aluminum frame. a key feature of the design of The Wall in Machine engraving of the more than 58,000 Washington, D.C. names along with modern LED lighting provide Names are arranged in order of date of casualty and alphabetically on each Each name is preceded (on the West Wall) or followed (on the East Wall) 58,318 Welcome to The Wall That Heals, the three- readability of The Wall day and night. day, beginning at the center with panel 1E (under 1959), down panel 1E, then by a symbol designating status. names on quarter scale traveling replica of the Vietnam moving right towards 70E, then 70W towards the center, and ending above The Wall Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. The Mobile Education Center the 1975 on 1W. The first and last casualties are side by side at the apex of The diamond symbol denotes that the service member’s death exhibit consists of The Wall replica and the The 53-foot trailer that carries The Wall That The Wall. was confirmed. Mobile Education Center. The Wall That Heals Heals transforms to become the Mobile exhibit is open to the public day and night Education Center. The exterior of the trailer Find service member’s name and location on The Wall in the paper Those whose names are designated by the cross symbol were in 15 throughout the visit. features a time line of “The War and The Wall” directories or digital kiosk in the Mobile Education Center or through missing or prisoner status at the end of the war and remain missing age of the and provides additional information about the VVMF’s The Wall app which can be downloaded at www.vvmf.org/app. and unaccounted for. In the event a service member’s remains are youngest 1 service Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, returned or he is otherwise accounted for, the diamond symbol is member D.C. Additional exhibits give visitors a better Panel numbers are on the bottom of every panel. Row numbers count superimposed over the cross. understanding of the legacy of the Vietnam on The Wall 246 1,500+ down from the top of each panel. On the margin of every other panel are most casualty deaths for one day service members unaccounted Veterans Memorial and the collection of items 2 white dots every 10 lines. Count down 4 dots and you’re on line 40. If a service member returns alive, a circle, as a symbol of life, will be January 31, 1968 for from the Vietnam War left at The Wall. inscribed around the cross. No such cases have occurred.