Stockton’s Veterans of Foreign Wars Luneta Post 52 is getting ready for its annual National Vietnam War Veterans Day Ceremony.
The ceremony will begin at 11 a.m. on Sunday, March 29, at the Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Plaza by the Vietnam mural at 2 E. Oak St., in Stockton. This event is open to the public.
“This ceremony stands as part of our national promise to give every Vietnam Veteran the long‑overdue ‘Welcome Home’ they earned through courage, sacrifice, and unwavering service,” a listing of the event on the Visit Stockton website states. “We are honored to feature Joseph F. Maes, Vietnam combat veteran and author of My Spiritual Walks as a Wolfhound. A former grunt who walked the paddies and jungles of Vietnam, Maes shares a powerful reflection on faith, memory, and the bonds forged in war.”
After the ceremony, the VFW Luneta Post 52 will provide lunch at the VFW Luneta Post 52 Canteen, at 513 N. Center St., across from the park.
“Together, we will recognize the families who carried the weight of absence, the fallen who gave their last full measure of devotion, and all who returned to a Nation that did not always show the gratitude they deserved,” the Visit Stockton website states.
To learn more about this and other events, visit the VFW Luneta Post 52 Facebook page.
Record reporter Angelaydet Rocha covers business and community news in Stockton and San Joaquin County. She can be reached at arocha@recordnet.com or on Twitter @AngelaydetRocha. To support local news, subscribe to The Stockton Record at https://www.recordnet.com/subscribenow.
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