Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Please come to our ceremony on Monday May 28th at 1:30 PM at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial!

Monday is Memorial Day and VVMF, along with the Department of Defense (DoD) and the The White House, are putting on the biggest ceremony for veterans in years! If you are in the area, please join us for this tribute to veterans at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial at 1:30 p.m. (Security closes at 1 p.m., plan to arrive early.)

Not in the Washington, D.C. area? Check us out on Facebook and Twitter () for live photos and quotes of the ceremony. Use and for Twitter.

Recent CBS News story about The Wall and its founder.

Vietnam vet pays tribute to fallen comrades Vietnam vet Jan Scruggs is the man behind the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. Barry Petersen reflects with Scruggs on the impact the memorial has had on veterans and their loved ones.

Today is the 30th Anniversary of the Groundbreaking of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial! Be sure to check here through out the day for updates about our ceremony.

For a little background about the groundbreaking, read Jan C Scruggs', Founder and President of VVMF, blog:
http://vvmf.wordpress.com/2012/03/23/the-legacy-of-the-vietnam-veterans-memorial/

The Legacy of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial by Jan C. Scruggs On Monday 26 March 2012, we will commemorate the groundbreaking for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The groundbreaking occurred in 1982 on a cold and windy day when one hun...

If you'd like to learn more about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and the efforts to build the Education Center at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, please LIKE the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund page and see Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund website. Together we can put a face to every name on The Wall.

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund - Founders of The Wall The Vietnam Veteran's Memorial Fund (VVMF) is the nonprofit organization that built the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.