Antelope Valley’s Vietnam Memorial Wall to be displayed May 14
Wanted to let you know and invite you to join us as the AV Wall moves out on its first display since the dedication last November.
The next display will be in Ridgecrest from May 14th-23rd and we will be heading up there starting at 0900 the morning of May 14, 2010. The wall will be moving from Park & Ride on the eastside of Sierra Hwy, just south of Grace Resource Center starting at 0800 and will take off at 0900. They expect to have an escort of about 100 motorcycles from motorcycle groups in Ridgecrest, Bakersfield, Antelope Valley and other areas.
Palmdale officials said schoolchildren, civic groups, businesses and private citizens were among those who helped raise more than $100,000 to fund construction and engraving of the wall by local company Signs & Designs. Standing about 6 feet high at its apex and measuring about 250 feet in length, the Antelope Valley wall is engraved with the names of service personnel who were killed or went missing in action during the Vietnam War.
There have been some changes to the Wall since November’s dedication, the most visible of which is a ‘wrap’ that Signs & Designs did for the trailer.
The managers of the wall, Point Man Antelope Valley, say they’d love to have a great crowd for the send off and hope that the local press will be out in force to cover this.
