The Georgetown University Student Veterans Association, in partnership with the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Foundation (VVMF), has erected a replica of the authentic Vietnam memorial on Georgetown’s main campus.
The two organizations created the exhibit, called The Wall That Heals, in response to the ongoing government shutdown that has closed the actual Vietnam Veterans Memorial to visitors and veterans.
The Wall That Heals is an aluminum replica that contains the nearly 60,000 names of those who died in the war as well as 23 Hoya alumni.
“It is fantastic to see Georgetown and the VVMF work together to overcome petty politics that would otherwise prevent visitors to D.C. from experiencing this Memorial,” said Peter Frantz, a Georgetown University alumnus from the Class of 2002 and a current biotechnology industry executive.
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