27-03-2025
Replica of Vietnam Veterans Memorial coming to Hot Springs airport
HOT SPRINGS, Ark. – A replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial will be on display at the Hot Springs Memorial Field Airport in May.
The 360-foot-long wall will be on display from May 23 – 26. The display will be free and open to the public.
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Visit Hot Springs CEO Steve Arrison said the America's Freedom Tribute wall is 80% as large as the original wall in Washington, D.C.
'The 80 percent replica wall provides communities with an incredible opportunity to pay respect to our veterans, honor the fallen, and remember the sacrifice made by so many in service of our great country,' America's Freedom Tribute spokesperson Kylah Doherty said.
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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., sits near the Lincoln Memorial. It names the 58,318 Americans who lost their lives in service during the Vietnam War.
Arrison said more than 14,000 people visited the exhibit at the airport when it came in 2012.
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Visit Hot Springs will join the Veterans of Valor Organization of Hot Springs, Hot Springs VFW Post 2278 and Hot Springs American Legion Post 2020 to bring the traveling tribute back to Hot Springs in May.
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