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Titled
“Welcome
Home:
Vietnam
Veterans
of
America
Detroit
Chapter
#9,” the
exhibit
opens
June 26
and runs
through
October
19,
2025, in
the
museum’s
Robert
and Mary
Ann Bury
Community
Gallery.
It
arrives
as the
nation
marks 50
years
since
the end
of the
Vietnam
War.
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New
Detroit
Museum
Exhibit
Honors
Legacy
of
Vietnam
Veterans'
Chapter
Jean
Davis -
Local/State
Tell Us
Detroit
DETROIT
- A new
exhibition
at the
Detroit
Historical
Museum
is
shining
a light
on the
history,
sacrifice,
and
continued
service
of the
Vietnam
Veterans
of
America
Detroit
Chapter
#9, the
first
VVA
chapter
in
Michigan.
Titled
“Welcome
Home:
Vietnam
Veterans
of
America
Detroit
Chapter
#9,” the
exhibit
opens
June 26
and runs
through
October
19,
2025, in
the
museum’s
Robert
and Mary
Ann Bury
Community
Gallery.
It
arrives
as the
nation
marks 50
years
since
the end
of the
Vietnam
War.
The
exhibit
highlights
the
emotional
journey
of
Detroit-area
veterans
returning
home
from
combat
and
chronicles
their
decades-long
push for
recognition,
support,
and
community
impact.
It
features
a
powerful
mix of
photographs,
artifacts,
and
personal
testimonies
that
reveal
how
Chapter
#9
transformed
shared
pain
into
purpose—advocating
for
better
healthcare,
creating
scholarship
programs,
and
strengthening
bonds
among
veterans
and
their
city.
“We are
grateful
that the
story of
Vietnam
veterans
and
Detroit
Chapter
#9 will
be told
through
this
exhibit,”
said
Paul
Palazzolo,
president
of the
chapter.
“We hope
that
everyone
takes
the time
to learn
about
our
service
to
country,
veterans,
and the
community
as a
whole.”
The
roots of
Chapter
#9
stretch
back to
Wayne
State
University,
where
student
veterans
formed
support
groups
like
Bamboo
Rap and
Flight
of the
Phoenix.
In 1980,
they
helped
establish
Vietnam
Veterans
of
Michigan,
which
became
an
official
VVA
chapter
three
years
later.
Over the
years,
the
group
has made
its mark
through
advocacy
work and
philanthropy—awarding
more
than $2
million
in
scholarships
and
taking
an
active
role in
the
annual
Metro
Detroit
Veterans
Day
Parade.
The Bury
Community
Gallery,
where
the
exhibit
is
housed,
is known
for
rotating
exhibitions
that
elevate
underrepresented
voices
and
local
institutions.
In 2020,
it
earned a
national
Leadership
in
History
Award
from the
American
Association
for
State
and
Local
History.
The
Detroit
Historical
Museum
is
located
at 5401
Woodward
Avenue
in
Midtown
and is
open
Wednesday
through
Sunday.
Admission
includes
access
to this
exhibit
and
several
long-standing
installations,
including
Streets
of Old
Detroit,
Detroit
67:
Perspectives,
and
Doorway
to
Freedom:
Detroit
and the
Underground
Railroad.
For more
information
on
Chapter
#9 and
their
ongoing
work,
visit
vva9.org.
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