{"id":32,"date":"2019-04-24T14:25:18","date_gmt":"2019-04-24T18:25:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/?page_id=32"},"modified":"2025-02-17T14:42:42","modified_gmt":"2025-02-17T19:42:42","slug":"dedication-of-stetsons-vietnam-remembrance-site","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/dedication-of-stetsons-vietnam-remembrance-site\/","title":{"rendered":"Dedication of Stetson&#8217;s Vietnam Remembrance Site"},"content":{"rendered":"\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Homecoming Dedication, November 14, 2015<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>On Homecoming Saturday, November 14, 2015, forty years after the end of the Vietnam war for Americans, Stetson University dedicated a campus space honoring alumni and students who served there or during that era (1964-1975). <\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>The site was announced in the summer of 2015 and plans for the site moved forward quickly under the leadership of alumnus Jay Mechling \u201967, Ph.D. (Mechling, center, is pictured along with the other members of the planning committee: left to right, Grady Ballenger, Professor of English; Richard Swartz \u201968; Sue Ryan, Dean of the Library; and Kate Pearce, Assistant VP of Development and Alumni Engagement.) With the blessing of President Wendy Libby, a group of administrators, faculty, staff and alumni selected a pleasant and readily accessible outdoor site that encourages meditation on national service during a time of war that tested our campus and America.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><code><link id=\"soliloquy-style-css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/soliloquy.css?ver=2.3.9\" media=\"all\" \/><div id=\"soliloquy-container-49\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade soliloquy-fade soliloquy-controls-active soliloquy-arrows-active  soliloquy-theme-base\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:500px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-49\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-72\" 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class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/max_and_richard.jpg\" alt=\"max_and_richard\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/john_and_jay.jpg\" alt=\"john_and_jay\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/fountain.jpg\" alt=\"fountain\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/libby.jpg\" alt=\"libby\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/bricks-1.jpg\" alt=\"bricks\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/walkway.jpg\" alt=\"walkway\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/engraved_brick.jpg\" alt=\"engraved_brick\" \/><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"soliloquy-image soliloquy-no-js-image\" src=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-content\/uploads\/2019\/04\/marker.jpg\" alt=\"marker\" \/><\/div><\/noscript><\/code><\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Homecoming Gathering, November 5, 2016<\/h2>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p>About 30 Vietnam veterans, family members, and friends gathered at Stetson\u2019s Vietnam Era Remembrance Site on Saturday morning during Homecoming to honor and remember our veterans. After being welcomed by Dr. Grady Ballenger, alumnus and veteran Richard Swartz (\u201968) read the names of 21 alumni for whom a commemorative brick had been added to the site.\u00a0 A number of attendees then spent some time in the library\u2019s T. Wayne Bailey Politicos Room where they viewed some of the Archive\u2019s Vietnam memorabilia and had an opportunity to chat with old and new friends.\u00a0 We hope that this gathering will be an annual Homecoming tradition.<\/p>\r\n\r\n\r\n<p><code><link id=\"soliloquy-style-css\" rel=\"stylesheet\" type=\"text\/css\" href=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-content\/plugins\/soliloquy\/assets\/css\/soliloquy.css?ver=2.3.9\" media=\"all\" \/><div id=\"soliloquy-container-77\" class=\"soliloquy-container soliloquy-transition-fade soliloquy-fade soliloquy-controls-active soliloquy-arrows-active  soliloquy-theme-base\" style=\"max-width:600px;max-height:500px;margin:0 auto 20px;\"><ul id=\"soliloquy-77\" class=\"soliloquy-slider soliloquy-slides soliloquy-wrap soliloquy-clear\"><li class=\"soliloquy-item soliloquy-item-1 soliloquy-image-slide\" draggable=\"false\" style=\"list-style:none;\"><img decoding=\"async\" id=\"soliloquy-image-78\" class=\"soliloquy-image 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The site was announced in the summer of 2015 and plans for the site moved &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/dedication-of-stetsons-vietnam-remembrance-site\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">Dedication of Stetson&#8217;s Vietnam Remembrance Site<\/span> <span class=\"meta-nav\">&rarr;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":6,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"page-templates\/vietnam-page.php","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-32","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/6"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=32"}],"version-history":[{"count":4,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3527,"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/pages\/32\/revisions\/3527"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www2.stetson.edu\/vietnam-memorial\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=32"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}