A 375 foot long replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC will be on display in Cookeville from October 22 to October 25, 2026. Cookeville is one of the remaining stops on the 2026 “Wall That Heals” tour of 31 communities nationwide. Admittance is free and it is open to the public 24 hours a day. The Wall is an exact replica, displaying the names of over 58,000 American service members who lost their lives during that war.
All ages are welcome to visit the Wall, browse the exhibits and encouraged to leave notes, flowers and mementos of remembrance. The Wall, will be on display in Cookeville at the Putnam County Convention Center, 2121 Event Center Drive. The Convention Center is north of I40 on Tennessee Avenue at Exit 283.
Members of the Carthage Rotary Club are planning to join other local volunteers to welcome visitors at the exhibit. For more information or to volunteer, visit ‘The Wall that Heals’, putnamcountytn.gov. For additional information about the exhibit, visit Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund at www.vvmf.org.
