Vietnam wall replica comes together
Organizer describes high hopes for local war memorial
ROSA SALTER RODRIGUEZ | The Journal Gazette
Construction has begun on an Allen County replica of the Vietnam memorial wall in Washington, D.C. – and those behind the project have even more plans for the local site, including an idea for a final resting place for veterans ashes.
Eric Johnson, project spokesman for the Veterans National Memorial Shrine and Museum on O Day Road, outlined the plans during Friday s meeting of the Allen County commissioners.
Seventy inscribed aluminum panels for the replica wall arrived in May, and the site is being readied for installation. The replica wall is one of several that are 80% of the size of the national memorial.