VIRGINIA BEACH, Va. — Virginia Beach will commemorate the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and honor the country’s veterans, prisoners of war and those missing in action (POW-MIA) with special events planned for Nov. 7-11.
Events free and open to the public include:
- The Moving Wall, a half-size traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., on display 8 a.m.-8 p.m., Nov. 7-11, at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, 1000 19th St.
- Military vehicles, displays and more at the Virginia Beach Convention Center
- Annual Tidewater Veterans Day Parade, 9 a.m., Nov. 11, starting at 16th Street and Atlantic Avenue in Virginia Beach
- Annual Tidewater Veterans Day Ceremony, 11 a.m., Nov. 11, at the Tidewater Veterans Memorial, across from the Virginia Beach Convention Center, 1000 19th St.
The events are co-sponsored by the City of Virginia Beach Mayor’s Committee for Veterans (MCV), the Hampton Roads Council of Veterans Organizations (HRCVO) and Mission: POW-MIA, a nonprofit organization based in Chesapeake that works to achieve the fullest possible accounting of missing and unaccounted-for Americans from past conflicts.
Virginia Beach’s Veterans Week events have been designated as a national commemoration event by the United States of America Vietnam War Commemoration, a national program authorized by Congress to mark the 50th anniversary of the war. The commemoration began on Memorial Day 2012 and concludes on Veterans Day 2025. The program’s primary goal is to thank and honor Vietnam veterans and their families for their service and sacrifice.
The Moving Wall: A tribute to our Vietnam Veterans
The Moving Wall, a half-size traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., will be on display 8 a.m.-8 p.m. each day, Nov. 7-11, at the Virginia Beach Convention Center, 1000 19th St.
The wall, which will be free and open to the public to visit, features 58,000 names etched into 74 separate panels and is 252.8 feet long. Volunteers from Hampton Roads Veterans Organizations will be at the wall to assist visitors in locating names and to provide security…