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AV WALL TRAVEL HISTORY
Nov. 9-13, 2009 .................. Dedication Display at Joe Davies Airpark, Palmdale, Calif. Sept. 11-18, 2010 ............... Indian Wells Valley, Ridgecrest, Calif.
Nov. 6-11, 2010 .................. Little Country Christian Church Grounds, Hesperia, Calif. May 141-22, 2011 .............. Lancaster High School, Lancaster, Calif.
May 27-June 2, 2011 ....... Memorial Day and Bishop Mule Days, Bishop, Calif.
Nov. 9-13, 2012 .................. Palmdale Amphitheater at Marie Kerr Park, Palmdale, Calif. Nov. 7-12, 2013 .................. Palmdale Amphitheater at Marie Kerr Park, Palmdale, Calif. May 22-28, 2014 ................ Rancho Tapo Community Park, Simi Valley, Calif.
Nov. 6-11, 2014 ................... Palmdale Amphitheater at Marie Kerr Park, Palmdale, Calif. Nov. 6-12, 2015 ................... Palmdale Amphitheater at Marie Kerr Park, Palmdale, Calif. June 30-July 5, 2016 ....... July 4th Celebration at Ruben S. Ayala Park, Chino, Calif. Nov. 6-12, 2016 .................. Palmdale Amphitheater at Marie Kerr Park, Palmdale, Calif. April 13-17, 2017 ............... Easter Remembrance at Montebello City Park, Montebello, Calif. Sept. 22-24, 2017 ............... Miramar Air Show, MCAS Miramar, Calif.
Nov. 8-13, 2017 .................. Palmdale Amphitheater at Marie Kerr Park, Palmdale, Calif. May 25-29, 2018 ................ Memorial Day at Phelan Community Park, Phelan, Calif. Nov. 8-13, 2018 ................... Palmdale Amphitheater at Marie Kerr Park, Palmdale, Calif. May 23-28, 2019 ................ Rancho Tapo Community Park, Simi Valley, Calif.
Nov. 7-12, 2019 .................. Palmdale Amphitheater at Marie Kerr Park, Palmdale, Calif. Nov. 10-15, 2021 ................ Bucklin Park, El Centro, Calif.
Nov. 7-12, 2023 .................. Westpark Elementary School, Rosamond, Calif.
May 24-28, 2024 ................ Smith Park, Pico Rivera, Calif.
May 23-26, 2025 ................ Rancho Tapo Community Park, Simi Valley, Calif.
Photograph by Kim Rawley
The Mobile Vietnam Memorial Wall shown roughly three-quarters assembled. It was open to visitors by 4 p.m. that day.
Photograph by Cynthia Votava
Local law enforcement officers salute the AV Wall procession on its journey to Rosamond.
Photograph by Kim Rawley
Volunteers erect panels of the AV Mobile Vietnam Memorial Wall in Rosamond.
Volunteers and members of the AV Wall committee assemble the half-scale Wall. The panels slide into a track covered with camouflage.
Photograph by Kim Rawley
Photograph by Kim Rawley
Photograph by Cynthia Votava
The AV Wall escort proces- sion.
LEFT: AV Wall President Mike Bertell stands in the trailer used to transport and store the AV Mobile Viet- nam Memorial Wall. Bertell served in the US Army from 1969 to 1971, with a tour in Vietnam from 1970 to 1971. He is also the Point Man AV Outpost Leader.