For the sixth year, the Truckload Carriers Association will continue its partnership with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fun.
In 2015, TCA carrier members began hauling “The Wall That Heals,” an exhibit that includes a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial along with a mobile Education Center, to communities nationwide. The exhibit honors more than three million Americans who served in the U.S. Armed Forces in the Vietnam War and it bears the names of the more than 58,000 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam.
Each year a TCA for-hire member is selected to host a sponsored stop, courtesy of VVMF. The organizations are eager to share that announcement once able.
TCA encourages its member companies to support the effort; those interested in transporting The Wall That Heals can visit www.truckload.org/VVMF for more information.
Each year, VVMF receives more applications to host the exhibit than can be accommodated. For the 2021 tour schedule, preferential consideration was given to cancelled sites from the 2020 tour that reapplied for 2021. Some 2020 hosts elected to apply for a date in a future year. The Wall That Heals 2021 Tour dates include:
- New Bern, North Carolina April 8 – April 11
- Charlotte, North Carolina April 15 – April 18
- Ocean Pines, Maryland April 22 – April 25
- Garner, North Carolina April 29 – May 2
- Grundy, Virginia May 6 – May 9
- Tunkhannock, Pennsylvania May 13 – May 16
- Columbus, Ohio May 28 – May 31
- Franklin, Indiana June 3 – June 6
- Harrison, Ohio June 10 – June 13
- Champlain, New York June 24 – June 27
- Townsend, Massachusetts July 1 – July 4
- Nahant, Massachusetts July 15 – July 18
- Tonawanda, New York July 22 – July 25
- Athens, Ohio July 29 – August 1
- Clinton Township, Michigan August 5 – August 8
- Riverview, Michigan August 12 – August 15
- Rice, Minnesota August 19 – August 22
- Marysville, Kansas August 26 – August 31
- Brighton, Colorado September 2 – September 5
- Farmington, New Mexico September 9 – September 12
- Blackfoot, Idaho September 16 – September 19
- Longview, Washington September 23 – September 26
- La Pine, Oregon September 30 – October 3
- Corona, California October 7 – October 10
- Bullhead City, Arizona October 21 – October 24
- Pinetop-Lakeside, Arizona October 28 – October 31
- Sulphur Springs, Texas November 4 – November 7
- Murfreesboro, Tennessee November 11 – November 14
VVMF will work closely with each community to make certain that community health and safety protocols are met. Communities will have to permit gatherings of 250 or more people. Volunteers will be required to wear masks. Visitors will be encouraged to wear masks and practice social distancing to safeguard the staff, volunteers, and other visitors.
