Wall That Heals Exhibit Coming To Biddeford July 18th- 21st. The only stop the traveling Wall That Heals exhibit will make in Maine this year is in Biddeford. There is only one other stop even in New England.
On Veterans Day 1996, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund (VVMF) unveiled a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., designed to travel to communities throughout the United States. Since its dedication, The Wall That Heals has been displayed at nearly 700 communities throughout the nation, spreading the Memorial’s healing legacy to millions.
Bringing The Wall home to communities throughout our country allows the souls enshrined on the Memorial to exist once more among family and friends in the peace and comfort of familiar surroundings. The traveling exhibit provides thousands of veterans who have been unable to cope with the prospect of facing The Wall to find the strength and courage to do so within their own communities, thus allowing the healing process to begin.
It is open 24 hours a day. Many veterans like to visit early in the morning, or in the quieter times overnight, to pay tribute. Many other exhibits will be there, including Wreaths Across America, that places wreaths on veterans graves in Arlington; and the Vietnam Veterans of America, which helps with Agent Orange related benefits enrollment
