VOL 6 ·ISSUE 4
WALKER COUNTY
PRESS
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Happy Thanksgiving Thursday November 25, 2021
Local Officials Sworn Into Office
Walker County Judge Danny Pierce swears in returning Walker County Hospital District Board member Joe Sapp(Left) and newcomer Dr. Lane Aiena(Right) during the regular November board meeting.
Sherry Odom with HISD swears in returning Trustees Ken Holland and Trey Wharton during the November board meeting.
By Wade Thibodeaux recent November elec- ISD, and the Walker Local officials who tions for the City of County Hospital (contd were victorious in the Huntsville, Huntsville on page 8)
Vietnam Wall Moved to Veterans Museum
This picture was taken in 2004 and shows the large gathering of people that came to visit The Traveling Vietnam Wall that was displayed on the grounds of the now H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum. Cars on I-45 can be seen in the background.
By Wade Thibodeaux The traveling Vietnam Wall has been moved to it’s almost final resting place as possession of The Wall was turned over to the H.E.A.R.T.S. Veterans Museum last Saturday, November 20, 2021. The traveling wall was contained inside a trailer that was used to ferry the exhibit from town to town as it made its way around the Country, but last Saturday it made its final trip from Crockett, Texas to Huntsville and was placed in a storage
container in preparation for the contractor who is constructing the base that will support the wall to complete the project and mount the panels to the display. The Wall is an 80 percent replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall located in Washington, D.C. and is made of an anodized metal that resembles the granite with the 58,245 names on it of those that perished during the Vietnam Conflict. Ten of those names are from Huntsville, Texas. The
panels will be mounted onto a base that is located behind the Veterans Museum and will be available for viewing at all times. The back of the display will have a mural painted on it that will hopefully attract some of the 80,000 cars on I-45 that go by the museum every day to make the stop and visit the museum. This was not the first time that The Wall has found its way to Huntsville. In 2004, before the Veterans (contd on page 9)