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LZ Lambeau Weekend

 

Introduction

Vietnam Veterans, their families, and the public are invited to a special Welcome Home celebration at Lambeau Field in Green Bay. It's a weekend of free activities including a special ticketed event on Saturday night. Free events include several days of concerts, reunions, vehicle displays, and exhibits including The Moving Wall™.

During the Welcome Home Ceremony at Lambeau Field on Saturday evening, May 22 we will remember those who did not return from combat with music, readings, and a preview of the Wisconsin Public Television documentary, Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories.

Tentative Schedule

  • Thurs May 20

      • Moving Wall ™ opens at 4 p.m. at Lambeau

      • Evening event in La Crosse

  • Friday May 21

      • Motorcycle Honor Ride leaves La Crosse by 6:30 a.m.

      • WPR broadcast live from Lambeau

      • Education Day at Lambeau 9 a.m. - 2 p.m.

      • Aircraft Exhibit opens at Austin Straubel Airport in Green Bay

      • Motorcycle reception / music / exhibit at Lambeau 2 p.m.

      • LZ Lambeau Opens to the Public at 2 p.m.

        • Motor pool, Atrium museum exhibits, Portrait Gallery, all exhibits & music stage

  • Saturday May 22

      • All Exhibits open at 9 a.m.

      • Opening Entrance at 10 a.m.

      • Lectures in Atrium 11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

      • Music Stage opens11 a.m. to 4 p.m.

      • Welcome Home Ceremony in Lambeau Field at 7:30 p.m. (Buy tickets now!)

  • Sunday May 23

      • All Exhibits open at 10 a.m.

      • Ecumenical Service at 11 a.m.

      • Grounds of LZ Lambeau close at 4 p.m

      • Moving Wall™ Closing Ceremony at noon on Sunday or Monday, May 24.

 

Who's Involved

The intention of the event is to provide Vietnam veterans with the Welcome Home that which was denied them 40 years ago. In this effort, Wisconsin Public Television, the Wisconsin Historical Society, and the Department of Veterans Affairs became partners in the Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories Project. But for the effort to create the event called LZ Lambeau, the partners are joined by the Green Bay Packers, the City of Green Bay, the State of Wisconsin, several of Wisconsin's Indian Nations, and a growing group of veterans' organizations.

Designed by the veterans and veterans service organizations, Wisconsin's Vietnam War veterans and Vietnam Era veterans, and all their families, are invited to a weekend of activities that will include a motorcycle ride across the state from La Crosse to Green Bay, concerts, The Moving Wall™ exhibit, Vietnam War military exhibits, photo exhibits, vehicle and helicopter displays, and social get-togethers.

The Welcome Home Weekend will culminate with the veterans and their families filling Lambeau Field for an official Memorial Ceremony for their fallen colleagues. This presentation will feature music and spoken word performances, and screenings of excerpts from the Wisconsin Vietnam War Stories documentary on the Tundravision.

A special outreach effort is underway to encourage the participation of the families of the more than 1,200 Wisconsinites who did not return from the war, and the families of those returned veterans who did not live long enough to be welcomed home.

This event, certain to attract nation-wide attention, is a chance for our veterans to finally be able to take public pride in their service, and to receive the appreciation and recognition they deserve.

Wisconsin Department of Veterans AffairsWisconsin Historical SocietyWisconsin Public Television

Support for LZ Lambeau includes: Vietnam Veterans of America-Wisconsin State Council; County Veterans Service Officers Association of Wisconsin; Disabled American Veterans, Department of Wisconsin; Wisconsin Vietnam Veterans; WI Dept of Military Affairs; Rolling Thunder, Chapter 3 Wisconsin; Being There-Reaching Out, Inc For the WI Families of our Fallen Military; Veterans of Foreign Wars Department of Wisconsin; American Legion Department of Wisconsin; the Military Order of the Purple Heart; AMVETS Department of Wisconsin; Wisconsin Gold Star Families; Thuy Smith International Outreach, Inc; Veterans of the Menominee Nation, and the Stockbridge-Munsee Mohican Nation; The American Legion Riders of Wisconsin; The Hmong Veterans of Wisconsin; the Patriot Guard Riders; Village of Ashwaubenon; USO of Wisconsin; Blue Star Mothers of Wisconsin; Brown County; Warriors' Watch Riders of Wisconsin; and Veterans for Peace.