Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial 25th Anniversary -- Last Patrol
The Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial is holding a series of events Oct. 26-27, 2012 to observe its 25th anniversary. Perhaps, the activity that garnered the most attention 25 years ago was The Last Patrol whose members walked to the city from the national Vietnam Veterans Memorial bearing the names of the Philadelphians lost in the war. Those names are entombed at the Memorial today.
2016 Veterans Day in Philadelphia Part 3
2016 Veterans Day in Philadelphia. The ceremony was organized by the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund in memory of 648 US service men lost their life in the Vietnam War.
IT IS OUR DUTY TO REMEMBER
The 2016 Veterans Day Ceremony organized by the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund at Penn’s Landing attracted a large turnout of family members, friends, and the veterans of many wars including WW2, Korean War, Vietnam War, and most recent wars in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The general mood of the ceremony was patriotic and solemn as several generations, ranging from elementary to high school students to wheeled chair veteran of 91 years of age, gathered in one place. Veterans from all branches of the armed forces mingled, many on wheel chairs, many on walkers, assisted by family members, kept looking around for a familiar face from a distant past.
Many were apparently enjoying the reminiscence of war stories with their friends; others came, stood alone at some corners gazing into an endless horizon in a foreign land where their buddy tried to hang on to their last breath. Numerous family members, wives, sons and daughter who might have never met their fathers, inconspicuously wiping their tears while whispering and caressing the names engraved on the wall that could not hear, but remember the names forever.
The Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial is the eternal resting place for 648 American soldiers who lost their life during the Vietnam War, but soldiers from many different wars, can find solace at this memorial. At least once a year, on the Veterans Day, they come back to this location for a reunion like a “homecoming welcome” that they did not have. Very fortunate for the Republic of South Vietnamese veterans in the Delaware Valley, who are always welcome at this memorial to pay the American war dead and veterans, our deepest gratitude and respect. Thanks America.
After 41 years of refuge in the U.S., most of us are content with our life in this great country -- a life that none of us planned for. However, as the first generation of Vietnamese Americans, we are living in this country on borrowed time, because deep down inside, we are still being afflicted with an aching heart, longing for a return to our homeland where freedom still remains a distant memory.
Listen children! Our time in this great country is gradually coming to an end, but there are so much waiting for you to finish. The U.S. is your country, and you must promise to do your best to make us proud. Our last wish for you is that, you must work hard to excel in education, strive to be the best in whatever job you want to do. After that, take advantage of the endless opportunities this country provides to you and your family so you all can dream big and high. Teach your children to love and to serve their country. Teach them the value of education, good work ethics and taking nothing for granted, even freedom has its price. Inspire your children to aim high and dream big to become outstanding citizens of this country, then they can use their knowledge and influence to help building a FREE Vietnam.
Our children, Vietnam is the place of our birth, and we must come home to rest just like so many American soldiers who are still MIAs whose families will not rest until their loved ones are found and brought home.
Likewise for us - the former Republic of South Vietnam soldiers, we will wait for that day to come, a FREE Vietnam, so you can take us home even after when we are nothing but ashes.
a father,
Jim Huynh
Local Man, Company Helping Keep The Philadelphia Korean War Memorial Shining Bright
Trang Do reports.
Thousands Turn Out To Honor Veterans At Philadelphia Veterans Parade
Kimberly Davis reports.
VIETNAM—THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE—THOMAS EDISON HS, PHILA. PA
VIETNAM—THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE!
THOMAS A. EDISON HIGH SCHOOL
AND THE VIETNAM WAR
Sixty-four former Edison students died in service to their country during the Vietnam War between 1965 and 1971—more than any school in the nation. These young men represent the burden and disparity of the war on poor rural and urban communities throughout America. Whether they enlisted voluntarily or were assigned draft numbers that they were unable to avoid by deferment, these men made the ultimate sacrifice.
Philadelphia State Historical Marker
Pennsylvania Historical
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PHILADELPHIA - WikiVidi Documentary
Philadelphia is the largest city in the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania and the sixth-most populous city in the United States, with an estimated population of 1,567,872 and more than 6 million in the seventh-largest metropolitan statistical area, . Philadelphia is the economic and cultural anchor of the Delaware Valleya region located in the Northeastern United States at the confluence of the Delaware and Schuylkill Rivers with 7.2 million people residing in the eighth-largest combined statistical area in the United States. In 1682, William Penn, an English Quaker, founded the city to serve as capital of the Pennsylvania Colony. Philadelphia played an instrumental role in the American Revolution as a meeting place for the Founding Fathers of the United States, who signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776 and the Constitution in 1787. Several other key Philadelphia events during the Revolution include the First and Second Continental Congress, the preservation of the Liberty Bell, ...
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About Weaver Memorials in Pennsylvania
We are a monument company in southeastern PA with 8 locations. Locally and family-owned since 1839, we’ve helped thousands of families honor loved ones.
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Weaver Memorials has many locations throughout Central Pennsylvania. Find the nearest one on our website:
We service the entire East Coast of the USA.
Phone: (717) 354-4329
Toll-Free: (800) 269-3042
Email: newholland@weavermemorials.com
Welcome Home - Vietnam Veteran Ceremony 3-29-2016
Local area Vietnam War veterans were honored during the Vietnam War Commemoration Program at the Pennsylvania National Guard Armory in Northeast Philadelphia March 29. The event was sponsored by The Association of the United States Army in partnership with the Defense Logistics Agency Troop Support, the Corporal Michael J. Crescenz Veterans Affairs Medical Center, and the Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Regional Office.
For more information about the national program please visit:
Brian's HD Veterans Military Motorcycle Ride Brian's Harley-Davidson Langhorne, PA May 20th 2018
Brian's Harley-Davidson Veterans Ride 2018
Ride Route:
Vietnam Memorial, Korean and Beirut Memorial, Philadelphia Veterans Home, Washington Crossing National Cemetery and Garden of Reflection
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Philadelphia: Rocky Steps & Statue and Art Museum | TRAVEL VLOG
The Philadelphia Museum of Art and its famous Rocky steps were calling my name today! Mark's conference is over, so he joins me as I test my lungs and run up all 69 of those stairs! Later, we visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Penn Landing, and an old newspaper printing office owned by the grandson of Ben Franklin.
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USS Becuna submarine - Philadelphia - 01 Nov 2010
Launched in 1944, the Becuna (SS-319) completed five wartime patrols in the Pacific Ocean. Becuna is similar to many submarines built in Philadelphia for the U.S. Navy.
Becuna is a BALAO-class submarine built in New London, CT. During World War II, Becky prowled the Pacific Ocean for Japanese ships, and is credited with sinking 3.5 Japanese merchant ships. Converted in 1951 to a Guppy 1A type with sophisticated radar and torpedo equipment including nuclear warheads, she is the only Guppy 1-A submarine on display.
Becuna's Cold War missions often found her in the Atlantic, trailing Soviet submarines with eavesdropping equipment aboard. She served in the Mediterranean and the Atlantic during the Korean and Vietnam Wars and ended her long and distinguished career as a training submarine in Connecticut.
Becuna was decommissioned in 1969 and has been part of the Philadelphia Independence Seaport Museum's Historic Ship Zone since 1996. Becuna is a National Historic Landmark and is on the National Register of Historic Places.
More Info: phillyseaport.org/ships_becuna.shtml
Vietnam Veterans Day
25th Anniversary celebration of The Wall. Opening ceremony speech by Grand Marshall of parade, Founder & President of Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Mr. Jan Scruggs. Mark your calendars for another parade in 5 years!!!!
Honor Flight for Vietnam Vets at Air Force Memorial ~ Drill Team 6 2 2019
Yesterday ( 6-2-2019 ) was one of many Veteran guest of Philadelphia's hub of “Honor Flight” visit to Washington, DC memorials at Arlington National Cemetery, World War II Memorial, the Air Force Memorial, the Lincoln Memorial, Korean War Memorial and our Vietnam Veterans Memorial, “The Wall”.
What a wonderful day, three bus loads of Vietnam Veterans, a few Korean War Vets, guardians, medical staff. It was a Great 'Welcome Home' for all. There were police escorts and on the trip Home once we arrived back in Pennsylvania there were hundreds of bikers to escort us to our final destination ( The Porch ) where there were a few hundred greeters, even Swoop from the E A G L E S, then all had a delicious surf n turf dinner.
Vietnam Veteran Interview
The Pennsylvania Veterans Museum is dedicated to preserving, protecting and promoting the legacy and dignity of all veterans of the United States military. Our focus is to tell the stories of America’s conflicts through the eyes of those who served in them. We seek to tell the untold stories of our history, and to preserve the past so future generations can continue to learn from it.
100 Years of Heroes: Celebrating Pennsylvania Veterans
From Memorial Day to Veterans Day PennLive.com will be celebrating the contributions of Pennsylvania Veterans, follow all of our coverage at PennLive.com
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We will be following the stories of Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps, National Guard, and Coast Guard veterans and their families.
Beginning Memorial Day and running through Veterans Day, PennLive will recognize those who served our country, and celebrate the 100th anniversary of Armistice Day in a special report called 100 Years of Heroes.
The 24-week project includes work from PennLive reporters, photographers and videographers who tell the stories of veterans with a Pennsylvania connection, from the Revolutionary War to World War II through Vietnam and up through the Gulf War and The War in Afghanistan.
The project coincides with the the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I - called Armistice Day and which is now celebrated as Veterans Day. The special project is sponsored by Giant Food Stores.
Many of the people we interviewed for this project saw combat duty, from Iwo Jima to Normandy and Saigon to the Berlin Wall.
Dick Donald saw the flag go up over Mount Suribachi. Rich Adams, a helicopter pilot, won the Distinguished Flying Cross for action in Iraq in 2007. Stephanie Reid was deployed in 2004 in support of Operation Iraqi Freedom and was awarded the Bronze Star for meritorious service while leading 35 combat convoy missions in Iraq. Dr, Eugene Richardson was a member of the Tuskegee Airmen, a group of African-American military pilots who fought in World War II.
But we know the involvement of veterans involves many other duties, so we found a number of others who are part of the fabric of protecting and serving our country, or recognizing those who did.
Elaine Berkowitz, her career spent in dentistry, recently retired from the Army Reserves as a lieutenant colonel with 38 years of service. She deployed four times and has accumulated numerous medals and awards. Concetta Gillen was one of the Rosie the Riveter women who supported the war effort in the 1940s by joining the workforce. Kevin Wagner isn't a veteran per se, but as a teacher at Carlisle High School he has started the Silent Heroes project for his AP classes, his work enabling the recognition of both World War II and Vietnam veterans who are from Pennsylvania.
Our reporters drove as far as Arlington National Cemetery for a burial to Pittsburgh for several interviews and to Philadelphia for interviews and tours of the Chapel of the Four Chaplains and the new Museum of the American Revolution.
As you follow this project, you'll notice that the stories don't cover entire careers but are targeted to specific moments or incidents that provide snapshots of what service, and sacrifice, truly mean.
We know, even after several months of phone calls and networking, that we've identified a miniscule sample of the hundreds of thousands of veterans with a connection to Pennsylvania. So if you think you have a great story to tell, or know someone that does, please contact me at 717.255.8404 or email me at pvigna@pennlive.com.
Videographer Mark Pynes, who came up with the idea, and colleague Dan Zampogna along with several PennLive writers already have done a lot of filming and writing for this project, but we are open to other suggestions that capture the war veteran and all that he and she stand for.
We hope you enjoy this rollout as much as we have had assembling it.
Civic Monuments by Weaver Memorials
Since 1839, Weaver Memorials has provided southeastern Pennsylvania families with lasting granite monuments and memorials for their loved ones. We specialize in granite monuments (tombstones, headstones, grave stones, memorial stones), grave markers, mausoleums, pet memorials, cemetery benches, and community monuments.
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Weaver Memorials has many locations throughout Central Pennsylvania. Find the nearest one on our website:
We service the entire East Coast of the USA.
Phone: (717) 354-4329
Toll-Free: (800) 269-3042
Email: newholland@weavermemorials.com
Museum of the American Revolution
Visit to the new Museum of the American Revolution in Philadelphia, PA with my husband and our friends. This place just opened 4 days ago, and if you like history, you'll love it - it's still got that new museum smell! (There were more Hamilton references than just the ones that made it into this video.)
PS: What new fact did I learn at the museum? George Washington had a big butt and was self conscious about it!
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Eastcoast Trip / Summer 2016
Washington DC: 0:16-1:09
- World War II Memorial
- Capitol Building
- Washington Momument
- Korean War Veterans Memorial
- Lincoln Memorial
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial
- White House
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: 1:10-1:20
- Rocky at the Philadelphia Museum of Art
- Philly Cheesesteaks at Reading Terminal Market
- Independence Hall
Boston, Massachusetts: 1:21-1:27
- Boston Marathon Finish Line
- Boston Tea Party Boat
New York City: 1:28-3:04
- Grand Central Terminal
- Rockefeller Center
- Times Square
- 9/11 Memorial/World Trade Center
- Staten Island/Statue of Liberty
- Wicked
- Top of the Rock
- Nintendo Land
- Wall Street
- Empire State Building
- The Metropolitan Museum of Art
Presidential Inauguration Parade for 45th President of USA D. Trump. Washington D. C.
Briefly in 25 min. Парад в честь Президента США Д. Трампа в рамках церемонии инаугурации. Сокращённая 25 минутная версия
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Participants:
•1st Cavalry Division Horse Cavalry Detachment – Fort Hood, Texas
•1st Infantry Division Commanding General’s Mounted Color Guard – Fort Riley, Kansas
•Boone County Elite 4-H Equestrian Drill Team – Burlington, Kentucky
•Caisson Platoon, Fort Myer – Fort Myer, Virginia
•Cleveland Police Mounted Unit – Cleveland, Ohio
•Coastal Florida Police & Fire Pipes & Drums – Palm Coast, Florida
•Columbus North High School Band – Columbus, Indiana
•Culver Academy Equestrian – Culver, Indiana
•First Troop Philadelphia City Cavalry – Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
•Fishburne Military School Army JROTC Caissons Battalion - Waynesboro, Virginia
•Frankfort High School Band – Ridgeley, West Virginia
•Franklin Regional High School Panther Marching Band – Murrysville, Pennsylvania
•Indianapolis Metro Police Motorcycle Drill Team – Indianapolis, Indiana
•Lil Wranglers – College Station, Texas
•Marist College Band – Poughkeepsie, New York
•Merced County Sheriff’s Posse – Hilmar, California
•Michigan Multi-Jurisdictional Mounted Police Drill Team & Color Guard – Ann Arbor, Michigan
•Mid America Cowgirls Rodeo Drill Team – New Buffalo, Michigan
•Nassau County Firefighters Pipes & Drums – East Meadow, New York
•North Carolina Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association – Hillsborough, North Carolina
•NYPD Emerald Society Pipes & Drums – East Moriches, New York
•Olivet Nazarene University – Bourbonnais, Illinois
•Palmetto Ridge High School Band – Naples, Florida
•Russellville High School Band – Russellville, Arkansas
•Talladega College Band – Talladega, Alabama
•Texas State University Strutters – San Marcos, Texas
•The Citadel Regimental Band & Pipes and Summerall Guards – Charleston, South Carolina
•The Freedom Riders – Kersey, Colorado
•Tupelo High School Band – Tupelo, Mississippi
•University of Tennessee Marching Band – Knoxville, Tennessee
•VMI Corps of Cadets – Lexington, Virginia
•West Monroe High School Marching Band – West Monroe, Louisiana
•American Veterans - National
•Boy Scouts of America - National
•US Customs and Border Protection Office of Field Operations - National
•Disabled American Veterans - National
•Paralyzed American Veterans - National
•Tragedy Assistance Program for Survivors– National
•US Border Patrol Pipes & Drums – National
•Wounded Warrior Project - National
•Kids Overseas - National
Delaware & New Jersey - Delaware Memorial Bridge (2019)
The Delaware Memorial Bridge is a twin suspension bridge crossing the Delaware River. The toll bridges carry Interstate 295 and U.S. Route 40 between Delaware and New Jersey. The bridge was designed by the firm known today as HNTB with consulting help from engineer Othmar Ammann, whose other designs include the Walt Whitman Bridge (which is similar in appearance, except for the fact that it is a single span) and Verrazzano-Narrows Bridge. It is also one of only two crossings of the Delaware River with both U.S. Highway and Interstate Highway designations, the other being the Benjamin Franklin Bridge.
The bridges provide a regional connection for long-distance travelers. While not a part of Interstate 95, they connect two parts of the highway: the Delaware Turnpike (Interstate 95 in Delaware) on the south side with the New Jersey Turnpike (later Interstate 95 in New Jersey) on the north side. They also connect Interstate 495, U.S. Route 13, and Route 9 in New Castle, Delaware with U.S. Route 130 in Pennsville Township, New Jersey (at the settlement of Deepwater, New Jersey).
The bridges are dedicated to those from both New Jersey and Delaware who died in World War II, the Korean War, the Vietnam War, and the Persian Gulf War. On the Delaware side of the bridge is a War Memorial, visible from the northbound-side lanes. The toll facility is operated by the Delaware River and Bay Authority.
The Delaware Memorial Bridge is the southernmost fixed vehicular crossing of the Delaware River and the only fixed vehicular crossing between Delaware and New Jersey. However, at Fort Mott, N.J., there is a small amount of land on the New Jersey side of the river that is part of the State of Delaware, and thus there are pedestrian crossings in between those states, but not spanning the river. The Cape May–Lewes Ferry provides an alternate route between travelers from New Jersey and the Northeastern States to southern Delaware.