Three Oaks, Michigan - MOVING WALL - August 22 - 25, 2013 at Legion W. Linden Street

A half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans/Soldiers Memorial in the Mall, Washington, D.C. will be positioned next to the Three Oaks Am. Legion Post #204 from 2 p.m. Thursday August 22 until the closing ceremony Sunday August 25. There will be a motorcycle escort accompanying the Wall transport trucks from the Pokagon Tribe's "Four Winds Casino" near New Buffalo, Michigan also today (Thursday the 22nd). The panels listing the 58,228 U.S. Military Personnel who died during the Vietnam Conflict (1955 - 1975) are inscribed for the public viewing and the memorializing of the members of the Military branches. A public opening ceremony is planned for noon on Friday August 23 and the closing ceremony is scheduled for 6 p.m. on Aug. 26. The funding to pay for the visit and public exhibition was supplied by the Pokagon Fund, established by the Pokagon Bnad of Potawatomi Indians. The tribe sets aside a portion of electronic gaming casino revenue to support community projects in the general area (nearby Berrien and Cass Counties, Michigan as well as St. Joseph County, Indiana). According to publicity supplied to the South Bend Tribune, more than $14.5 million for such projects over the last five years has been donated. See further -- www.southbendtribune.com/