All Hands

"This year marks the 25th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall). If you plan to be in Washington for Veterans Day, 2007, you may want to volunteer to be included in the Reading of the Names. I checked the web site; to date, the forms have not yet been posted.

From a press release dated November 11, 2006:

"The highlight of the anniversary commemoration will be the Reading of the Names during a ceremony that will begin the 2007 Veterans Day Observance. The Reading of the Names takes approximately 65 hours to complete and will occur over four days, from Nov. 7-10, 2007. The names will be read chronologically by casualty date. This will be the fourth time in The Wall's 25-year history that all of the names have been read aloud in Washington, D.C. Other readings took place at the (Washington) National Cathedral before The Wall was dedicated in 1982 and at the Memorial on the 10th and 20th anniversaries. The 2007 Reading of the Names will also be conducted at the Memorial (The Wall).

"Members of the public are welcome to volunteer to read names during the November 2007 event. Updates, forms and deadlines will be available on the Memorial Fund Web site ( www.vvmf.org) beginning in January."