Annual Vietnam Veterans Day 'Welcome Home' celebration Saturday at Carson City's Mills Park
The annual "Welcome Home" Vietnam Veterans Day celebration will take place this Saturday, March 26 at Mills Park in Carson City.
All Vietnam veterans, Vietnam era veterans and the general public is invited to attend the ceremony, honoring those who served and came home from the war and to remember those men and women who served but never made it home.
The program is hosted by the Carson Area Chapter 388 of the Vietnam Veterans of America. It begins at 5 p.m. at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial on the East end of Mills Park in Carson City.
Nationwide, ceremonies will take place this weekend to commemorate those who fought in the Vietnam War on National Vietnam War Veterans Day, March 29.
The Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017 designates March 29 as National Vietnam War Veterans Day. The presidential proclamation said, “With conviction, our Nation pledges our enduring respect, our continuing care, and our everlasting commitment to all Vietnam veterans.”