Vietnam War Memorial ‘The Wall That Heals’ coming to Campbelltown in 2026

The Wall That Heals, a three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is coming to Campbelltown in September 2026.

Measuring in at 7.5 feet tall at its peak and 375 feet from end to end, the wall includes more than 58,000 names of veterans killed while serving in the Vietnam War.

Visitors will be able to visit it in Campbelltown Community Park at 129 Lawn Road, Palmyra. It will be open 24 hours a day from Sept. 3 to 6, according to Jim Lasher, adjutant for Campbelltown American Legion Post 831 and main contact for The Wall That Heals.

Like the name suggests, he said the wall serves as a healing process for veterans and their family members.

“Our Vietnam veterans, when they came back from the war, they never received the welcome home that our veterans are getting today from coming home from Afghanistan, Iraq, and other conflicts,” Lasher said. “My father fought in Vietnam, and he would tell us all the time how he came home, he was spit on, he was yelled at, he was called a baby killer, and I had several friends that are Vietnam veterans at the American Legion, and they all say the exact same thing.”

He said it will be free to the public, and there will be a 53-foot trailer with educational information for anyone who wants to learn more about the memorial or the war. The website states it has several displays honoring veterans, but also has basic information like a map of Vietnam, a timeline of the war, and the Gold Star Bike, which was donated to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund to pay tribute to the mothers who lost sons.

“A lot of our younger kids that are in school don’t really know,” Lasher said. “They’re not taught about the Vietnam War, so this will teach them.”

The “In Memory” program honors local veterans who came home from Vietnam and later passed away. Lasher said there’s an online application program where loved ones can submit information about the veteran.

Once details are verified, the family is invited to an In Memory Weekend in Washington, D.C., where they can read the name of their loved one aloud. Their information is added to the program, and their photos and brief biography will be displayed when The Wall That Heals visits their home state.

Anyone looking to add a veteran to the program can do so on the VVMF website.

Lasher said bringing the memorial to Campbelltown has been about two years in the making and will cost the Campbelltown American Legion about $12,000, so he’s hopeful people will come out.

“We are just so excited that we can offer this to the community and to our local veterans,” he said. “We have a lot of Vietnam veterans in our area, and a lot of veterans in general, and we are just so excited that we can offer this, and we’re blessed that they actually chose our small community for this honor.”

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