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American Veterans Traveling Tribute and Traveling Wall Coming to St. Louis
Will be in Eternal Flame Park, June 4 - 7, 2015
This article is 10 years old. It was published on June 1, 2015.

American Veterans Traveling Tribute & Traveling Wall Coming to St. Louis
Veterans and active
members of
The American Veterans Traveling Tribute will visit St. Louis from June 4-7 with the Traveling Wall.
The
wall will be on display at Eternal Flame Park, 14th & Chestnut streets. There will be an opening
ceremony on Friday, June 5, 2015 at
The mission of the project is to travel the nation to honor, respect, and remember men and women who served, and to pay specific tribute to those who gave all in that service. Since the tribute is mobile it allows people to honor and respect veterans and active military personnel without having to travel great distances to do so.
The AVTT presents the Traveling Wall, an 80 percent scale version of the Viet Nam Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C. Across its 360-foot length the wall contains every single name etched on the original. At its apex the memorial is an impressive eight-feet tall.
The
Traveling Wall was completed in early 1998 and began traveling that year.
AVTT's Traveling
Wall is the largest Wall replica traveling the
Remembering, educating, and respect are the main focuses of AVTT. Honoring our nation's heroes one community at a time.
About the AVTT:
The
American Veterans Traveling Tribute is a veteran-owned project committed to
travel the
AVTT
is not government sponsored or affiliated, but funded through sponsorship fees,
donations, and sale of merchandise at events. AVTT is self-funded via sponsorship fees,
merchandise sales, and donations. AVTT is contracted by The Texas Freedom
Tribute (
For more information or to schedule an AVTT event, visit www.avtt.org or email Leah@avtt.org
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