The Moving Wall in Boston | Fundraiser in W. Roxbury on 2/27

Date: Feb. 8, 2009

"The Moving Wall," ( www.themovingwall.org ), a traveling replica of the Washington, DC memorial to Viet Nam Veterans, will be coming to the Millennium Park, Boston area September 17-21, 2009.

My buddy, Joe D'Entremont, Vice President, Rolling Thunder MA1, ( www.rollingthunderma1.com ), is one of several organizers of this Event.

Below is a copy of a recent newspaper story about this Event.

Joe has asked me for some assistance, based in part of being co-coordinator of the Moving Wall's visit to Amesbury back in 2005.

The planning of this (actual) week long, 24 hour a day event, and fundraising to offset its costs, has begun.

Over 300 riders and veterans in 2005 answered the "call for duty" and helped support this effort, in donations of their time, money and talent.

I'm putting out the "call for duty" again.

Please e-mail if you can serve on a sub-committee and/or donate some time for security in September, especially the '3rd shift.'

Next, fundraising to offset the costs of this project has begun.

A Party is planned for Friday night, Feb. 27, 2009 from 7-midnight, at the West Roxbury Elks No. 10, 248 Spring Street, W. Roxbury.

Come on out and meet the Team Leaders and have some fun !

A flyer is attached. Please print out and pass around to others in your circle.
Requested donation is $10 a person.

I have tickets for this Event. Please e-mail your 'check is in the mail' with number of tickets and your full mailing address, and I'll reply with my mailing address.

Check should be made payable to the Moving Wall Committee. Thank you for your attention to these matters.

Paul W. Cote/Amesbury
USAF, 74-78
MAANG, 79-84
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Tribute to Vietnam vets coming to West Roxbury Scott Wachtler
29.JAN.09

Joe D'Entremont said he's always had an affinity for the plight of
Vietnam Veterans.

"I was too young to serve," he said. "But I remember wearing a POW/MIA
patch on my jacket when I was young and listening to WBZ read off the
lists of the servicemen who died."

D'Entremont and a few of his friends, Mike Flynn, Mike Gormley and
Frank Sullivan have decided to pay tribute to the fallen soldiers of the
War in Vietnam by bringing The Moving Wall Memorial to West Roxbury's
Millennium Park on Sept. 17-21.

The Moving Wall is a half-sized replica of the Washington DC Vietnam
Veterans Memorial. In spite of its smaller size, the Moving Wall
contains all 58,000 names of soldiers killed in action or listed missing
in action.

Before the Moving Wall can come to Boston, D'Entremont and his crew of
supporters will need to raise the funds to bring the memorial here.

"It costs $5,500 just to bring it to Boston," D'Entremont said, "Plus,
we will need to build a platform for it and hire speakers to come speak
at the events we will have scheduled."

D'Entremont said he has already put a downpayment on the memorial and
he is currently in talks with several speakers who will need to be
flown in for the event. He estimates they will need to raise roughtly
$20,000 to do the event the justice it deserves.

On Friday Feb. 27, from 7 P.M. until midnight, the West Roxbury Elks
Club on 248 Spring St. will host a fundraiser for the event. Tickets for the
fundraiser are $10 and will include food and a chance at door prizes
donated by The Harpoon Brewery. D'Entremont said they also plan on
having a DJ at the fundraiser.

This year POW/MIA Recognition day will fall on one of the days the
Moving Wall will be in West Roxbury.

D'Entremont hopes the day will serve as a memorial to the 39 servicemen
from Massachusetts still listed as POW/MIAs.

"Hopefully it will serve as a reminder to people and
keep the issues of POW and MIAs and PTSDs in the forefront - especially
now that we have a new group of veterans coming back from the wars in
Afghanistan and Iraq," D'Entremont said.
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