November 24, 2015
For immediate release
Contact: Mary Miles
Office: 410-568-8821
SPECIAL TO: ALLEGANYAND GARRETT COUNTY MEDIA
Traveling exhibit saluting Maryland’s Vietnam veterans
visits Frostburg State University
Traveling display goes statewide to set stage for MPT documentary and event
OWINGS MILLS, MD–Frostburg State University will host the MPT Salutes Vietnam Veterans Traveling Exhibit in the coming weeks. The display can be viewed from December 8 through 20 on the second floor of the Lane University Center. The public is invited to see the display at its Allegany County stop or at future venues.
The exhibit is making its way around Maryland through next June to celebrate the military service of Marylanders during the Vietnam War. Itfeatures both current-day and wartime images of 16 men and women along with their recollections of incidents from the war. Also included are artifacts from the war and opportunities for display visitors to craft messages to veterans.
The Lane University Center is open for visitors Monday through Friday from 7:30 a.m. until 11 p.m., on Saturdays from noon until 11p.m., and on Sunday from 5 p.m. to 11 p.m. It is located at 101 Braddock Road in Frostburg.
MPT Salutes Vietnam Veterans is a multi-year project, the largest in Maryland Public Television’s history, to recognize and thank those who served in the military during the Vietnam era. The project unfolds in 2016 with the broadcast premiere of a three-hour documentary called Maryland Vietnam War Stories and with a two-day public event.
The documentary film will feature interviews with nearly 100 men and women and will air on MPT over three nights – May 24, 25 and 26. The two-day special weekend event – called LZ Maryland – occurs several weeks later, on June 18-19, at the Maryland State Fairgrounds in Timonium, Maryland. LZ Maryland will include such features as displays of a Huey helicopter and other military vehicles and aircraft of the era; the stirring conclusion of a motorcycle “Honor Ride” featuring Vietnam veterans and veterans of other wars from across the mid-Atlantic region as a salute to fallen and missing servicemembers; the display of The Wall That Heals, the traveling half-size replica of D.C.’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial; on-site displays of Vietnam-era military gear and equipment; a mobile Army surgical hospital (MASH) unit; entertainment from the Vietnam years; and solemn ceremonies to salute those Marylanders who were killed or missing in combat.
Information on the MPT Vietnam project and the travel exhibit schedule can be found at mpt.org/vietnam. Interested persons may also call 410-581-4182 for information or to be added to the project’s mailing list.
The MPT Salutes Vietnam Veterans Traveling Exhibitis made possible in part by the SunTrust Foundation.
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