National Vietnam War Veterans Day
in the United States
March 29 is National Vietnam War
Veterans Day in the United States. First observed in 2012, it honors the US
military members who served during the Vietnam War (1955-1975).
Is National Vietnam War Veterans
Day a Public Holiday?: The Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017
establishes the day as a national observance. However, it is not an official
holiday in any part of the United States.
Vietnam War Veterans Day Events: All
across the United States, commemorative events like wreath-laying ceremonies,
speeches, and luncheons are held to mark the occasion. Typical venues include
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC, war veteran medical facilities,
and military cemeteries.
First Observed in 2012: Vietnam
War Veterans Day was first observed as a one-time occasion on March 29, 2012,
when President Barack Obama issued a proclamation calling on “all Americans to
observe this day with appropriate programs, ceremonies, and activities.” The
day was then introduced as an annual event in 2017 when President Donald Trump
signed the Vietnam War Veterans Recognition Act of 2017.
Vietnam War History: Lasting from
1955 to 1975, the Vietnam war engulfed the Southeast Asian country of Vietnam
as well as its neighboring countries, Cambodia and Laos. It resulted in several
million deaths, most of whom were Vietnamese civilians. The conflict began
during the 1950s when the struggle between the country's communist northern
part and the anti-communist south escalated. The United States began its
military involvement in an effort to back the South's effort to quell the
communist onslaught, which, at the height of the Cold War, was feared to
promote the spread of communist ideology and influence worldwide. During the
war, about 500,000 US troops were dispatched to Southeast Asia, about 58,000 of
whom were killed. The conflict ended in 1975 with the fall of Saigon and the
victory of North Vietnam.
https://www.timeanddate.com/holidays/us/national-vietnam-war-veterans-day
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