Vietnam wall replica and 150 memorial panels set up at Denton's Golden Triangle Mall Dec. 11-13

A traveling memorial to Americans killed in the nation's wars and in terrorist attacks is coming to Golden Triangle Mall in Denton next month.

The exhibit will be open for three days starting Friday, Dec. 11, and admission is free, the Cross Timbers Gazette reported Wednesday.

At its center is the American Veterans Traveling Tribute's Voices of Valor HD Tribute, which includes a replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial carrying the names of more than 58,000 Americans who died in that war. It will be joined by the Texas Veterans Hall of Fame's Pearl Harbor and Cost of Freedom memorial walls.

Altogether the display runs to more than 150 panels covering service members who died from World War I through Iraq and Afghanistan. A Global War on Terror wall lists those killed in Iraq, Afghanistan and the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, and the Sept. 11 section includes the names of those killed at the World Trade Center plus a panel for emergency responders.

Other panels mark World War II, Korea, Desert Storm and Somalia, and a Pearl Harbor memorial notes the 85th anniversary of the Dec. 7, 1941, attack.

The tribute stands 6 feet tall and stretches 170 feet. The Texas Veterans Hall of Fame and America's Freedom Tribute are presenting it.

Gary Steele, president of the Texas Veterans Hall of Fame, told the Gazette that honoring veterans' sacrifices is "one of our greatest responsibilities as citizens of this state and nation."

Hours

Friday, Dec. 11: 1 to 8 p.m.
Saturday, Dec. 12: 8 a.m. to 8 p.m., with a remembrance ceremony at 1 p.m.
Sunday, Dec. 13: 8 a.m. to 5 p.m.

The mall is at 2200 S. Interstate 35E. Organizers are looking for volunteers and donations; details are posted at avtt.org and americasfreedomtribute.org.

Sources

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