Featuring:
Formal Ceremonies
Multimedia Celebration
Camp Legacy
Daily Interactive Engagements
Entertainment on the Grounds
Historical and Museum Exhibits
Nightly Sundown Concerts
Rally Points
A Veteran Services Hub, and much more!
* Events are ADA accessible
May 11
Opening Ceremony, JFK Hockey Fields/
West Potomac Park
Formal Ribbon-Cutting Ceremony opening Camp Legacy.
Day 1: Camp Legacy, JFK Hockey Fields/
West Potomac Park
A Plaza of Appreciation with historical and museum exhibits, static displays, rally stations, interactive engagements and Veteran Services Hub. And more!
May 12
Day 2: Camp Legacy, JFK Hockey Fields/
West Potomac Park
A Plaza of Appreciation with historical and museum exhibits, static displays, rally stations, interactive engagements and Veteran Services Hub. And more!
May 13
Multimedia Celebration,
West Potomac Park
A program with live music, video montages and multimedia features, telling the story of the Vietnam War period and paying tribute to our Vietnam veterans, their families, and those who supported them.
Day 3: Camp Legacy,
JFK Hockey Fields / West Potomac Park
A Plaza of Appreciation with historical and museum exhibits, static displays, rally stations, interactive engagements and Veteran Services Hub. And more!
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PARTICIPATING ORGANIZATIONS
Air & Space Forces Association Native American Veterans
Air Force Historical Foundation Naval History and Heritage Command
Allies Naval Order of the United States
American Gold Star Mothers, Inc. Navy Nurse Corps Association
American Legion Navy Recruiting Command
American Red Cross North Carolina Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association
Americans in Wartime Experience: Voices of Freedom Mobile Recording Studio Operation Purple Heart Truck
Angel Force USA Purple Heart Foundation
Armed Forces Medical Examiner System Semper Fi & America’s Fund
Armed Forces Network Smithsonian Institution
Army and Air Force Exchange Service Society of Air Force Nurses
Army Nurse Corps Association Society of the Honor Guard, Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
Association of the United States Army Sons and Daughters in Touch
Central Intelligence Agency Stars and Stripes
Civil Air Patrol Tomb of the Unknown Soldier Foundation
Coast Guard Aviation Association – Ancient Order of the Pterodactyl Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors
Defense Commissary Agency USO
Defense POW/MIA Accounting Agency U.S. Air Force Recruiting Service
The Distinguished Flying Cross Society U.S. Army Center for Military History
Gold Star Wives of America, Inc., DBA Gold Star Spouses U.S. Army Recruiting Command
Hero’s Bridge U.S. Army Soldier for Life
Honor Flight Network U.S. Coast Guard & USCG Historian’s Office
The Independence Fund U.S. Coast Guard Recruiting Command
Jewish War Veterans of the United States of America United States Marine Corp
Library of Congress Veterans History Project U.S. War Dogs Association
Military Officers Association of America Veteran’s Last Patrol
Military Women’s Memorial Veterans of Foreign Wars
Military Working Dog Heritage Museum Vets4Warriors
MISSION: POW-MIA Vietnam Dog Handler Association
National Archives Foundation Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
National Coast Guard Museum Vietnam Veterans of America
National Guard Vietnam Women’s Memorial
National Museum of American Diplomacy, U.S. Department of State Virginia War Memorial
National Museum of Health and Medicine wear blue: run to remember
National Museum of the Marine Corps Witness to War Foundation
National Museum of the United States Air Force Woody Williams Foundation
National Museum of the United States Army Wreaths Across America Mobile Education Exhibit
National POW/MIA Memorial and Museum ZERO Prostate Cancer
National Society Daughters of the American Revolution
U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs Offices:
National Vietnam War Museum & Sons and Daughters of the Vietnam War
Center for Women Veterans
Debt Management Center
National Cemetery Administration
Office of Connected Care and VA Patient Care Services VA Million Veteran Program
Veterans Benefits Administration (VBA) Benefits Delivery Protection & Remediation Office
VBA Outreach, Transition & Economic Development
Vet Center
Veteran Readiness & Employment
Veterans Health Administration (VHA) Office of Integrity & Compliance
Veterans Readjustment Counseling Service
Location:
National Mall
Washington , District Of Columbia 20024
Contact Information:
Welcome Home: Vietnam War Commemoration
whs.vnwar50th@mail.mil7036974908