Commemorating the 50th Anniversary of the End of the Vietnam War

Tribute Wall and Cost of Freedom Panels

82 ft. Tribute Wall and Cost of Freedom panels on display on the Mays Landing campus quad.

On Display Every Day Starting at 12 p.m.

Arrival of Vietnam Memorial Tribute Wall

Arrival of Vietnam Memorial Tribute Wall by American Legion Riders and NJ State Troopers Caravan at the main entrance of the Mays Landing campus.

• 12 p.m. - Official arrival of the Wall in the Quad
• 1 p.m. - Opening ceremony

VFW Service, Wreath Laying & Veterans Recognition Ceremony

VFW Service, Wreath Laying & Veterans Recognition Ceremony to honor those who served during the Vietnam War Era (1955-1975) featuring Navy Band Northeast. 

• Honoring Alfred Cade, Brigadier General (ret.) posthumously
• Tribute pins provided to Veterans and families by U.S. Department of Defense

• 10 a.m. - VFW Memorial Service
• 11 a.m. - Wreath Laying at Wall
• 12 p.m. - Ceremony begins, C Building - Walter Edge Theater

"A Place of Honor" Documentary Screening and Tribute

Screening of the Award-Winning Vietnam War Documentary, "A Place of Honor," will be held in the Student Center (G Building) at 12 p.m. Immediately following the screening, a ceremony by Atlantic County Retired Police & Firemen Assoc./NJ State Troopers Tribute will be held at the Memorial Wall on the Mays Landing quad at 1 p.m.

• 12 p.m. - Documentary screening, G Building - Student Center
• 1 p.m. - Tribute ceremony, Memorial Wall - Quad

Quilts of Valor & POW/MIA Day

The Quilts of Valor, whose mission is to cover service members and veterans touched by war with comforting and healing quilts, presentation will be held. At 12 p.m. on National Prisoner of War (POW)/Missing in Action (MIA) Day, the Gold Star & Blue Star Mother's along with the American Legion Auxiliary and VFW Auxiliary will hold a wreath laying ceremony in the Quad.

• 11 a.m. - Quilts of Valor Presentation
• 12 p.m. - Recognizing National POW-MIA Day

Children's Choir, Mass & Closing Ceremony

The Children's Choir of Southern New Jersey will perform before the Knights of Columbus holds its memorial mass. The Wall will depart during a closing ceremony featuring a wreath laying ceremony, 10-gun salute, firing of cannons and playing of taps by the Sandpipers Bagpipers and veterans’ organizations from Atlantic and Cape May counties.

• 3 p.m. The Children's Choir of Southern New Jersey
• 4 p.m. Knights of Columbus Mass, C Building - Walter Edge Theater
• 5 p.m. Closing Ceremony & depature of the Traveling Wall