The Moving Wall, a Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica, has been touring the USA since 1984. This healing wall has helped generations visualize and touch a loved one’s name.
Recently, Combat Veterans Motorcycle Association (CVMA) served 24 hours around the clock to secure the wall from any vandals or protesters. Their mission: Veterans serving veterans.
Ukiahan AJ Davis, a member of CVMA, along with his friend, Cherrene Lamm, were able to travel to Chico while the Wall was there. The veterans and friends transported the elderly to their cars in a golf cart in the high 90-degrees heat and made sure people on site had cold water to drink.
Comrades forever
“The Moving Wall” is the half-size replica of the Washington, DC Vietnam Veterans Memorial and has been touring the country for 40-plus years! When John Devitt attended the 1982 dedication in Washington D.C., he felt the positive power of “The Wall.” He vowed to share that experience with those who did not have the opportunity to go to Washington. Two complete structures of The Moving Wall now travel the USA from April through November, spending about a week at each site.
This replica allows people who have never had a chance to get to Washington, DC to finally see a loved one’s name. Visitors can find any name they desire, touch the Wall and do a “Rubbing” of the name that is etched on the Wall. Over the years that ability to preserve someone’s name has always been a very somber, yet positive method of closure for friends and relatives alike.
The sheer size of this Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is overwhelming for some. It is almost as long as a football field (252.8 feet). As you first enter the display area grounds it provides an immediate sense of just how large it is. It has over 58,000 names etched into the panels. There are 74 separate panels that make up this beautiful traveling wall.
The Chico Elks Lodge, site for the traveling wall. (Contributed)The names are arranged in chronological order of their death, starting at the center of the panels. There are always volunteers available to walk with visitors as they start out on their journey to see a family or friend’s name etched in the wall. If the person was an early casualty, they will need to walk to the center area of the entire display and that can be an exceptionally long and somber walk. Many volunteers are Vietnam War survivors, veterans and family members who just want to help others achieve some closure.
“The CVMA is an association of combat veterans from all branches of the United States armed forces who ride motorcycles as a hobby,” explained Davis. “As a registered 501(c)(19) Veteran’s Charity, our mission is to support and protect those who have defended our country and our freedoms.”
CVMA’s focus is to provide assistance and help to individual veterans, veteran care facilities, other veteran organizations and registered charities. They sponsor and participate in many veteran-related motorcycle (and other) charity events each year, and as a non-profit organization, donate to various veteran causes.
For more information about the traveling wall, go to: Vietnam Combat Veterans, Ltd., P.O. Box 715, White Pine, MI 49971. www.travelingwall.us/
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