The American Veterans Traveling Tribute Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall concluded its final day at City Park in Parkersburg on Sunday. Regardless of the rain, individuals gathered to view the wall till it departed. Tammie Ferguson, one particular of the organizers, expressed her gratitude for the superb turnout more than the weekend. The precise quantity of attendees is unknown as numerous veterans choose to take a look at the wall late at evening or early in the morning to stay anonymous. The wall will be returned to Texas for the subsequent 3 weeks prior to continuing its year-round travel.

For the duration of its time in Parkersburg, elementary college students had assignments associated to the wall. Some students had been tasked with discovering info about the ladies named on the wall, as effectively as men and women their households may perhaps have recognized. Ferguson stated that the presence of the wall has been a blessing for these who are unable to take a look at the wall in D.C.