Community Invited to Welcome The Wall That Heals to the City of Kyle

WHEN: Tuesday, May 2 starting at 11:30 a.m.  

WEBSITE: CityofKyle.com/TheWallThatHeals 

KYLE, TEXAS –– The City of Kyle and Central Texas AMVETS Post 115 invite community members to join us in welcoming The Wall That Heals to Kyle on Tuesday, May 2 starting at 11:30 a.m.  

The escort will begin at Cabela’s, 15570 S. I-35, Buda, TX, and end at Lake Kyle Park at approximately 12 p.m. The route includes Kohler’s Crossing, FM 2770, Veterans Dr., Center St., and Lehman Rd. Community members are invited to view the escort along the route. The safest locations to do this are at Heroes Memorial Park facing Kohler’s Crossing and along Center St.  

The Wall That Heals is a traveling exhibit honoring the more than three million Americans who served in the U.S. armed forces in the Vietnam War. It bears the names of the 58,281 men and women who made the ultimate sacrifice in Vietnam. The exhibit includes a three-quarter scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and a mobile Education Center.  

On Thursday, May 4 The Wall That Heals will open with an Opening Ceremony at 9 a.m. with opening remarks by veterans Stuart Hoyt, Jim Clements, and Lieutenant General Kenneth Eickmann, an Opening Prayer by Rev. Kenneth Bell, the singing of the National Anthem, reading the names of Vietnam casualties in Hays County, an Honor Guard Salute by Tejanos in Action, and the playing of Taps. 

The Wall That Heals will be on display 24 hours a day in Kyle May 4-7, during that time anyone is able to view the exhibit, and take pictures or etchings of Veterans memorialized, and visit the mobile Education Center. It is made possible by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.  

On Sunday, May 7, The Wall That Heals will close to the public at 2 p.m. A Closing Ceremony will be held at 1:30 p.m. with closing remarks by veterans Stuart Hoyt and Hays County Veteran Services Officer Jude Prather, a Closing Prayer by Rev. Kenneth Bell, an Honor Guard Salute by Tejanos in Action, and the playing of Taps. 

Representatives from The Wall That Heals Kyle Committee and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial fund will be available for media interviews at Lake Kyle Park after 12 p.m. To schedule an interview, contact the City of Kyle Communications Department at communicationsdept@cityofkyle.com.  

Kyle is only one of few communities chosen to display The Wall That Heals in 2023, the 50th anniversary of the close of the Vietnam War, and it will be the final stop in Texas before moving on to Great Bend, Kansas.  

For more information, visit CityofKyle.com/TheWallThatHeals.  

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The City of Kyle is located in the heart of the I-35 Innovation Corridor, just 26 miles south of Austin-Bergstrom International Airport & 50 miles north of San Antonio International Airport. Kyle is the second largest city in Hays County and is poised to become the largest — with a population that grew from 5,000 citizens in 2000 to just over 50,000 in 2020. We are the designated Pie Capital of Texas and home of the annual Pie in the Sky Hot Air Balloon Festival. For more information, go to CityofKyle.com.