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Veterans Week: The Moving Wall (Virginia Beach)
November 7, 2025 @ 8:00 am - November 11, 2025 @ 8:00 pm
Virginia Beach commemorates the 50th anniversary of the end of the Vietnam War and honors the country’s prisoners of war and those missing in action (POW-MIA) with special events planned for Nov. 7-11.
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. An official opening ceremony, 10 a.m., Friday, Nov. 7, will feature music, Virginia Beach Mayor Bobby Dyer and the laying of wreaths at the Moving Wall.
Organizations interested in laying a wreath may contact Virgil Hart, chair of the Virginia Beach Mayor’s Committee for Veterans, at vhart@vbgov.com.
For more information about the Moving Wall and other events for POW-MIA families, contact Dave Huffman, executive director of Mission POW-MIA, at dave.huffman@missionpowmia.org, or visit MissionPOWMIA.org.
