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Upcoming Events....
2008......
Saturday, May 17 - 1:00 PM
On the Road to Recovery*
Oral history by NJ Vietnam-Era Veteran Bishop Fred Rubin about tending to G.I.s in the Army hospital in Hawaii.
Monday, May 26 - 11:00 AM
Memorial Day Ceremony
Saturday, June 14 - 1:00 PM
Bullets and Bandages*
A Novel based on a Combat Medic's experience in the Vietnam War
Author lecture by Robert Saniscalchi
Saturday, July 19 - 1:00 PM
Re-Inventing the Wheel: USAF Close Air Support in Vietnam*
Lecture by Tom Wisker, host of radio program Weaponry on WBAI, New York
Monday, July 28
14th Annual Golf Outing at Olde York Country Club
(Pre-registration is required)
Saturday, August 9 - 1:00 PM
Mackenzie's Raiders in Vietnam*
Video and oral history presentation by NJ Vietnam Veteran Carl Burns
Friday, September 19 - 11:00 AM
POW/MIA and Gold Star Mothers Recognition Ceremony
Sunday, September 21 - 12:30 PM
Rolling Thunder - NJ
Motorcycle Run for POW/MIA Awareness
Leave Warinaco Park, Roselle, NJ at 11:30 AM
Arrive at NJ Vietnam Veterans' Memorial at 12:30 PM
Saturday, September 27 - 1:00 PM
Memories of Maggie: Martha Raye - A Legend Spanning Three Wars*
Authoe lecture by Vietnam Era Veteran Noonie Fortin
Friday, October 17 - 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
10th Annual Interdisciplinary Forum on the Vietnam Era
(Pre-registration is required)
Saturday, October 25 - 1:00 PM
How to Deal with the American Public in Time of War: The Public Relations Lessons of Vietnam*
Lecture by William M. Hammond, senior historican for the U.S. Army's Center of Military History and author of Reporting Vietnam: Media & Military at War
Saturday, November 8 - 1:00 PM
Honoring the Marine Corps' 233rd Birthday*
Lecture by Andrew Lubin, member of the USMC Combat Correspondents Association
Tuesday, November 11 - 11:00 AM
Veterans Day Ceremony
Thursday, November 20 - 6:00 PM
6th Annual "Salute to Patriotism" Gala
(Pre-registration is required)
Saturday, December 6 - 1:00 PM
The First Vietnam War: Conquest and Couterinsurgency, 1890 - 1954, Illustrated through Vintage Postcards*
Gallery and slide who dispalys and lecture by author and collector Joel Montague
Saturday, December 13 - 6:00 PM
Holiday Lighting Ceremony
*Lecture attendees are asked to RSVP one week prior to the event. A donation of $5.00 per person is suggested. To register or for more information about any of these events, please call the NJ Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation office at (732) 335-0033.
The Vietnam Era Educational Center is located adjacent to the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial off the Garden State Parkway at exit 116 in Holmdel, NJ.
For additional information about these or any other events, please contact us.
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