Traveling Vietnam Wall and Cost of Freedom Tribute at Bowdoin Park

Dutchess County’s Office of Veterans Affairs brings the American Veterans Traveling Tribute Traveling Vietnam Wall to Bowdoin Park. The wall, an 80 percent replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., contains the names of U.S. military personnel who died in the Vietnam War. The memorial will be open to visitors around the clock until 8 a.m. on Sept. 23. EVENT SCHEDULE Sept. 18 • Opening Ceremony, 5 p.m. Sept. 19 • Military Vehicles Display, all day • History of Dogs in the Vietnam War, all day Sept. 20 • Military Vehicles Display, all day Sept. 21 • Military Vehicles Display, all day • Veterans Resource Tent, 2–5 p.m. • Ceremony and Candlelight Vigil 6 p.m. Sept. 22 • Boy Scouts Concert Band, 12–2 p.m. • Raffle Drawing for U.S.A. Flag • Closing Ceremony, 2 p.m.