Passaic County to unveil Fallen Soldier Battlefield Cross on Saturday at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Saturday.

The towering granite tribute to fallen soldiers of a controversial war was the result of a design contest won by a ...

WAYNE — A statue of a fallen soldier will be unveiled on Saturday during the first observance of National Vietnam War Veterans Day at Passaic County's Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall on Oldham Road.

The fall of the South Vietnam capital of Saigon on April 30, 1975 — soon to be 50 years ago — effectively spelled the end of the Vietnam War.

Atop the statue, rising 16 feet in the air, a bronze eagle rotated in the wind. Vietnam veterans Bill Fissel and Anthony Stabile, advocates for the memorial, said it sparked vivid memories.

The Vietnam Cultural & Media Center opened over the weekend, uniting six Vietnamese American nonprofit organizations under ...

1780 – The British Gazette and Sunday Monitor was published for the first time. It was the first Sunday newspaper in Britain. 1793 – The Holy Roman Emperor formally declared war on France.

Jason Futch [email protected] The Vietnam War raged for decades, and throughout the presidencies of four United ...