MEDIA ADVISORY
Media Contact:
Jennie Roberts
713-525-5457
Motorcycle Brigade Escorts
Dignity Memorial® Vietnam Wall to Town
Traveling Replica of D.C. Memorial Visits Piedmont , Okla. July 2-5
WHAT: A motorcycle escort of thousands of riders following a semitrailer transporting the Dignity Memorial® Vietnam Wall, a three-quarter-scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, to Piedmont High School ’s Stout Field near the intersection of OK-Highway 4 and Edmond Road in Piedmont , Okla.
WHEN: Date: Wednesday, July 1
Depart: 6:00 p.m.
Arrive: 7:00 p.m.
WHERE: Start: El Reno VFW
515 S Rock Island Ave
El Reno , OK 73102
Route: Depart El Reno VFW on S Rock Island Ave. heading towards Route 66.
Go east on Route 66 to Piedmont Rd.
Head North.
END: Turn into Stout Field just past the Elementary School off of Piedmont Rd.
WHY: To follow the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall to Piedmont . Dignity Memorial funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers created the traveling replica as a service to Americans who might never visit the nation’s capital to experience the Vietnam Veterans Memorial firsthand. The 240-foot-long, eight-foot-high replica will be assembled at the football Wednesday evening and will be free and open to the public 24 hours a day July 2-5.