Trucking companies will once again haul “The Wall That Heals” mobile Vietnam memorial.Trucking company members of the Truckload Carriers Association are for the fourth year partnering with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to haul “The Wall That Heals.”
In 2015, TCA carrier members began hauling the exhibit, which includes a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to communities nationwide. The exhibit bears the names of the more than 58,000 men and women who died in Vietnam.
Each year, the tour has a sponsored stop at a trucking company. For 2019, VVMF has selected Hoekstra Transportation and the community of Bourbonnais, Illinois, as a sponsored stop. The mobile education unit and The Wall That Heals will be available to view 24 hours a day, June 27-30 at Perry Farm in Bourbonnais.
The wall’s 2019 tour began with a stop at the end of February in San Antonio, followed by stops in Casa Grande and Peoria, Arizona. The tour will continue throughout the year with the following schedule:
- Bellflower, California — March 21 to March 24
- Windsor, California — March 28 to March 31
- Florence, Oregon — April 4 to April 7
- Costa Mesa, California — April 11 to April 14
- Stillwater, Oklahoma — April 18 to April 21
- Lewisville, Texas — May 2 to May 5
- Durant, Oklahoma — May 9 to May 12
- Oakley, Kansas — May 16 to May 19
- Bentonville, Arkansas — May 23 to May 27
- Paragould, Arkansas — May 30 to June 2
- Lathrop, Missouri — June 6 to June 9
- Arvada, Colorado — June 20 to June 23
- Bourbonnais, Illinois — June 27 to June 30
- West Dundee, Illinois — July 4 to July 7
- Greenfield, Indiana — July 11 to July 14
- Marion, Ohio — July 18 to July 21
- Conway, New Hampshire — Aug. 8 to Aug. 11
- North Reading, Massachusetts — Aug. 15 to Aug. 18
- Bellingham, Massachusetts — Aug. 22 toAug. 25
- East Meadow, New York —Aug. 29 to Sept. 1
- Plymouth, Pennsylvania —Sept. 5 to Sept. 8
- Manitowoc, Wisconsin —Sept. 12 to Sept. 15
- Ocean View, Delaware — Oct. 3 to Oct. 6
- Indiana, Pennsylvania —Oct. 10 to Oct. 13
- Tarboro, North Carolina — Oct. 17 to Oct. 20
- Rock Hill, South Carolina — Oct. 24 to Oct. 27
- Pooler, Georgia — Oct. 31 to Nov. 3
- Stephenville, Texas — Nov. 7 to Nov. 10
- Columbia, Mississippi — Nov. 14 to Nov. 18
