GROUP SEEKING FUNDS FOR PORTABLE 'WALL' VIETNAM MEMORIAL COST PEGGED AT $58,000.Byline: JIM Jim Miss Watson’s runaway slave; Huck’s traveling companion. [Am. Lit.: Huckleberry Finn] See : Escape SKEEN Staff Writer PALMDALE -- Hoping to bring the power and impact of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial, war memorial in Washington, D.C., built 1982. Designed by the American sculptor and architect Maya Ying Lin, it is a sloping, V-shaped, 493-ft (150-m) wall of highly polished black granite that descends 10 feet (3. closer to home, a committee is trying to raise funds for a portable, scale replica of "The Wall." Composed of employees of the Palmdale Playhouse, veterans and civic leaders, the committee is seeking funds to build a portable memorial that can be taken to various community events. The wall will cost about $1 for each of the more than 58,000 names on the memorial. "We have an obligation to develop awareness and support for our veterans," said Palmdale Mayor Jim Ledford, a member of the committee. "This will be a great monument to all veterans." The effort has ties to performances of "A Piece of My Heart A Piece of My Heart is the 18th novel by crime-writer Peter Robinson, published in 2006 and is 16th in the multi award-winning Inspector Alan Banks series. Plot summary ," a play about women in the Vietnam War Vietnam War, conflict in Southeast Asia, primarily fought in South Vietnam between government forces aided by the United States and guerrilla forces aided by North Vietnam. that was performed in 1999 at the playhouse, the same year a wall replica came to McAdam Park. When the play was performed again in 2005, an effort was made to bring in a wall replica, but none was available. That gave birth to the idea of the Antelope Valley This article is about the Los Angeles County region. For the census-designated place in Wyoming, see Antelope Valley-Crestview, Wyoming. The Antelope Valley having its own wall, said David Alan Smith For other persons named Alan Smith, see Alan Smith (disambiguation). Alan Smith (born 28 October 1980 in Rothwell, Leeds, West Yorkshire) is an English professional football player. , the playhouse's marketing director. "A moving wall is a place of education, reflection and healing," Smith said. "We are going to build this monument." The portable wall will be 6 feet tall and 266 feet wide, roughly half the scale of the actual memorial in Washington. The planned wall will need to be lightweight and easy to store. It will be built in such a way to simulate the granite carvings of the real wall, allowing visitors to make rubbings the way visitors do at the memorial in Washington, said Tony Moore, project manager. It could take as much as a year to build. "We want it done right, we want it done accurately," Moore said. "It'll take what it takes to get it done right." Other members of the committee include Gail Knight, the widow of the late state Sen. W.J. "Pete" Knight; George Palermo of PointMan International, a Vietnam veterans This article is about the French band. For veterans of the Vietnam War, see Vietnam veteran. The Vietnam Veterans were a six-person French psychedelic group that released six records in the 1980s. The band was praised by many alternative music publications. organization; Mike Adams Mike Adams may refer to:
About $10,000 has been raised so far. Contributions have included $1,600 from Palmdale Moose Lodge 507, about $400 from a charity walk by Almondale Middle School students, and $400 from a group of history students at Lancaster High School Lancaster High School may refer to:
If the fundraising efforts fall short, the proceeds will go to the Lancaster Veterans Home or be returned to the donor. Committee members said they are confident they will be able to raise the money and honor the veterans. "The symbolism of this wall is huge in their eyes," Ledford said. james.skeen@dailynews (661) 267-5743 CAPTION(S): photo Photo: (color) Dea McAllister, manager of cultural arts/theater at the Palmdale Playhouse, and playhouse technical director Tony Moore look at a piece of a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The portable wall is planned to be 6 feet tall and 266 feet wide, roughly half the scale of the actual memorial in Washington. If the funds are raised, it will take about a year to build. Jeff Goldwater/Staff Photographer |
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