The University of North Georgia (UNG) and the Lumpkin County Veterans Affairs Committee are partnering to bring “The Wall That Heals,” a traveling Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to the Promenade at UNG’s Dahlonega Campus beginning Tuesday. It will be on display until Nov. 3.
The replica will arrive with an escort led by Lumpkin County Sheriff Stacy Jarrard Tuesday, and UNG cadets and other volunteers will help put up the replica Wednesday.
An opening ceremony is set for 5:00 Wednesday, followed by volunteer training. UNG’s Corps of Cadets and the Blue Ridge Rifles specialty unit are helping lead the opening ceremony, which will be in conjunction with the daily Retreat at the Memorial Wall. UNG President Michael Shannon will also speak at the opening ceremony.
The Wall That Heals opens to the public 24 hours a day following the opening ceremony.
It will include the names of the 29 UNG alumni and students killed in action in Vietnam, who are listed on the Memorial Wall at the Dahlonega Campus.