2004 Calendar of Events
Saturday, January 24 - 1:00 PM
“Vietnam Veteran Verse” featuring the poetry of Vietnam Veterans Jan Barry, author of Earth Songs, and Charles Johnson, author of Tunnel Vision (author lecture)
Saturday, February 28 - 1:00 PM
Days of Decision: An Oral History of Conscientious Objectors in the Military During the Vietnam War by Vietnam-Era Veteran Gerald R. Gioglio (author lecture)
Saturday, March 27 - 1:00 PM
“The Hidden History of the Antiwar Movement” by Vietnam-Era Veteran H. Bruce Franklin, author of Vietnam and Other American Fantasies (author lecture)
Saturday, April 17 - 1:00 PM
Chapter One: The Story of Vic Charles (a novel about a Vietnam Veteran after the war) by Vietnam Veteran Bob Staranowicz (author lecture)
Friday, May 7 - 11:00 AM
New Jersey Vietnam Veterans Remembrance Day Ceremony
Saturday, May 8 - 1:00 PM
Home of the Brave by Trish Kinney with Vietnam Veteran Walter Kudlacik (author lecture and documentary film presentation)
Monday, May 31 - 11:00 AM
Memorial Day Ceremony
Saturday, June 12 - 10:00 AM - 3:00 PM
Restored Military Vehicle Display
Saturday, June 19 - 1:00 PM
Hey God-Are You Really Really Up There? (a novel about a Vietnam Veteran after the war) by Vietnam Veteran Malcolm Perkins (author lecture)
Saturday, July 24 - 1:00 PM
“Fire on the Forrestal: July 29, 1967” with Vietnam Veteran Walt Stinner (documentary film presentation and discussion)
Saturday, August 14 - 1:00 PM
“An Army Combat Photographer in Vietnam” by Vietnam Veteran Stanton Pratt (guest speaker, gallery display and slide presentation)
Friday, September 17 - 11:00 AM
POW/MIA and Gold Star Mothers Recognition Day Ceremony
Saturday, September 18 - 1:00 PM
Leave No Man Behind: Bill Bell and the Search for American POW/MIAs from the Vietnam War by Army Veteran Jay Veith (author lecture)
Sunday, September 19 - 11:00 AM
Rolling Thunder-NJ POW/MIA Awareness Motorcycle Run, (starts at Warinaco Park, Elizabeth, NJ at 11:00; ends at NJ Vietnam Veterans‘ Memorial)
Friday, October 22 - 8:00 AM - 3:00 PM
When Will They Ever Learn?-Teaching the Vietnam War (6th Annual Interdisciplinary Forum on the Vietnam Era)
Saturday, October 30 - 1:00 PM
“Vietnam Legacies: Poems from the War and Back Home” featuring Vietnam Veteran poets Jan Barry, W.D. Ehrhart, and Charles Johnson (poetry reading)
Thursday, November 11 - 11:00 AM
Veterans Day Ceremony
Saturday, December 4 - 6:00 PM
Holiday Lighting at the Memorial
Saturday, December 11 - 1:00 PM
The Bamboo Shoot: Airboats in Vietnam by Vietnam Veteran James P. Wollner (author lecture and slide presentation)