Texas Vietnam Heroes
Exhibit Opening & Dedication Ceremony
MEDIA Advisory: Saturday, May 2 at 11 AM
Museum of the American G.I.
19142 Hwy 6 South
College Station, TX 77845
The Museum of the American G.I. will dedicate its new exhibit, Texas Vietnam Heroes, at a special ceremony on Saturday May 2 at 11 AM. The event will be free and open to the public. The award-winning Texas Vietnam Heroes Exhibit features 3,417 personalized dog tags honoring Texans killed and missing in the Vietnam War. It was created by the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument Committee through a gift from the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation. The exhibit will be on permanent display at The Museum of the American G.I.
The dedication ceremony will feature the presentation of colors, taps, and a selective reading of names representing servicemen from each branch of service. Mr. Don Dorsey of Austin, the monument committee member and Marine Corps Vietnam veteran who made each of the dog tags by hand, will also be speaking.
More about the Texas Vietnam Heroes Exhibit
Each of the Texans killed or missing in Vietnam is represented on a personal tag. Black tags represent the missing.
Each tag includes the man's name, rank, branch of service, home of record and date of loss.
Identical tags are entombed in the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument on the Capitol grounds in Austin. The monument was dedicated March 29, 2014.
Each tag was hand-embossed using a vintage machine similar to that employed by the military during the Vietnam War. Marine Corps veterans Don Dorsey and James Hart made the tags in a process that took about 400 hours.
The exhibit is designed for interaction, and visitors are encouraged to touch and photograph the tags.
The exhibit was designed by Eric Moquin of Excalibur Exhibits, and has won two American Marketing Association Crystal Awards and a Lantern Award.
The exhibit has been accompanied by the Patriot Guard and other motorcycle riders for over 2,400 miles as it has toured Texas.
See our website for more information and directions:
americangimuseum.org
The Museum of the American G.I. is a living history museum preserving the equipment, uniforms and memories of the American serviceman.
Established in 2001 as a 501(3)c non-profit corporation.
Exhibit Opening & Dedication Ceremony
MEDIA Advisory: Saturday, May 2 at 11 AM
Museum of the American G.I.
19142 Hwy 6 South
College Station, TX 77845
The Museum of the American G.I. will dedicate its new exhibit, Texas Vietnam Heroes, at a special ceremony on Saturday May 2 at 11 AM. The event will be free and open to the public. The award-winning Texas Vietnam Heroes Exhibit features 3,417 personalized dog tags honoring Texans killed and missing in the Vietnam War. It was created by the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument Committee through a gift from the Cynthia and George Mitchell Foundation. The exhibit will be on permanent display at The Museum of the American G.I.
The dedication ceremony will feature the presentation of colors, taps, and a selective reading of names representing servicemen from each branch of service. Mr. Don Dorsey of Austin, the monument committee member and Marine Corps Vietnam veteran who made each of the dog tags by hand, will also be speaking.
More about the Texas Vietnam Heroes Exhibit
Each of the Texans killed or missing in Vietnam is represented on a personal tag. Black tags represent the missing.
Each tag includes the man's name, rank, branch of service, home of record and date of loss.
Identical tags are entombed in the Texas Capitol Vietnam Veterans Monument on the Capitol grounds in Austin. The monument was dedicated March 29, 2014.
Each tag was hand-embossed using a vintage machine similar to that employed by the military during the Vietnam War. Marine Corps veterans Don Dorsey and James Hart made the tags in a process that took about 400 hours.
The exhibit is designed for interaction, and visitors are encouraged to touch and photograph the tags.
The exhibit was designed by Eric Moquin of Excalibur Exhibits, and has won two American Marketing Association Crystal Awards and a Lantern Award.
The exhibit has been accompanied by the Patriot Guard and other motorcycle riders for over 2,400 miles as it has toured Texas.
See our website for more information and directions:
americangimuseum.org
The Museum of the American G.I. is a living history museum preserving the equipment, uniforms and memories of the American serviceman.
Established in 2001 as a 501(3)c non-profit corporation.