Wreaths Across America is continuing its efforts in educating people about members of the military who have served or are currently serving through a mobile exhibit.
The mobile exhibit, which serves as a small museum, travels across the country every year to bring communities and the military together through education and stories of military members and veterans.
The 48’ exhibit has a 24-person screening room that showcases the different aspects of the WAA mission through a video, WAA’s website said.
“There is a demand for folks to find that connection to our military and veterans,” director of military and veteran outreach for WAA Joe Reagan said.
The exhibit started two years ago and next year plans to hit every state in the contiguous 48 states.
Reagan said, for the most part, the exhibit is kept up to date with information on things going on currently, “but the core of what we are teaching stays the same.”
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This year, the exhibit highlighted Vietnam veterans with it being the 50th commemoration of the Vietnam War.
“We do a short ceremony and give the veterans a welcome home pin and a proclamation in every state as we welcome the veterans home,” Reagan said.
He said in the past two years, the exhibit has welcomed more than 1,500 Vietnam veterans home.
“I think the reason the mobile exhibit is so important to our mission is because we want to provide the tools to educate folks on what military and war veterans have experienced,” Reagan said, adding that less than 10% of Americans have served in the military.
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The mobile trailer provides that mechanism to connect people with stories of veterans and the military.
Reagan said he was a 9/11 veteran and during that time, local communities and the nation were grateful for what those veterans did during the attacks.
“Now is an opportunity to be grateful for the time people have served in Vietnam and other wars,” he said. “So reach out to us and share the stories you have as a military member or veteran. It’s an opportunity for the community to come together for our veterans.”