It takes 65 hours to recite aloud the names of the more than 58,000 names of the fallen inscribed on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington.
A reading of those names by 2,000 volunteers will highlight the 25th anniversary to the black-granite wall beginning Wednesday from 4 p.m. to midnight, and again for 19 hours a day Thursday through Saturday. General Colin Powell is scheduled to speak at the main event on Veterans Day, Nov. 11.
For the first time, organizers will stage a poetry and music tribute on the East Knoll near the wall, performed by people who’ve been inspired by the wall. I have been to the wall 2 times and both have been very emotional and is a very moving memorial to veterans of the Vietman War including my father First Sergeant John B. Leach who did 4 Tours of Duty in defense of this great country.
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