This picture of the Wall That Heals Memorial was taken on Pleasant Valley Boulevard in Altoona, Pennsylvania. On Veterans Day in 1996, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund unveiled a half scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. This Memorial replica was designed to travel to different communities throughout the United States to help spread a healing process to those veterans who have been unable to cope with the prospect of facing the Wall in D.C. by themselves. To date, The Wall That Heals has visited more than 350 cities and towns throughout the United States.
I have always felt the same emotions while visiting the Wall in DC as when visiting the various Civil War sites. I didn't know about this one. Thanks!
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