OUR MISSION The Pentagon is spending $63 million dollars to glorify our unnecessary, unjust and

immoral military actions in Vietnam and in our continuing wars today. Our Memorial Exhibit honoring the Vietnamese who died in their American War is a strong, anti-war response to the Pentagon’s campaign. Our goal is to travel the country with the My Lai Memorial Exhibit to fulfill the Veterans for Peace mission — to expose the true costs of war, to seek justice for veterans and the victims of war and to work for peace.

MY LAI MEMORIAL EXHIBIT

HONOR

… the tragic impact of our political and military actions on the Vietnamese through our panels on the My Lai Massacre and the Vietnam War; a people who were killed, wounded and had their villages, their homes, their livelihood and their social fabric torn apart. LEARN how how our military actions killed 2 million Vietnamese civilians during the course of this war with military policies and practices that allowed and encouraged the atrocity at My Lai and other mass killings on the ground and from massive bombing and artillery campaigns.

SHARE YOUR ART

Engage in a unique and powerful artistic process developed by VFP member/ artist Mac MacDevitt. Give voice to your thoughts and feelings by building a scuptural collage, engage in dialogue, and

share your artwork and comments with other participants and on social media.

ACT FOR JUSTICE & PEACE

Ask if the Vietnam war was necessary, just and moral. Ask if we continue to make the same mistakes in our wars today? Wars that cause death, destruction, and floods of refugees, just like in Vietnam. Make amends for the damage Americans caused the

Vietnamese people. Renew your commitment to work for peace and social justice. Explore organizations that are doing remediation work in Vietnam and local initatives working for social justice.

FOR MORE INFORMAT ION, V IS IT MYLA IMEMORIAL.ORG

THE EXHIBIT

EXHIBIT TRAVEL SCHEDULE

The exhibit launched a nationwide tour in early 2018 and we are now planning our tour schedule through the end of 2019. We expect our tour schedule to fill up in the next few months. For information on how to host the exhibit in your area and for an up-to-date tour schedule, check our website.

Tour schedule:

MARCH 2018 - APRIL 2018: Santa Fe, San Diego, Fresno, San Francisco, Spokane

MAY 2018- JUNE 2018: Iowa City, Midwest

JULY 2018 - SEPTEMBER 2018: Essex, NY, Portland, ME, New England.

OCTOBER 2018 - NOVEMBER 2018: Detroit, Ann Arbor, Midwest

FEBRUARY 2019 - MARCH 2019: NYC, South, Gainesville, FL

APRIL 2019 - DECEMBER 2019: TBD

AREA 1: EXHIBIT PANELS

40+ informational panels help you to humanize and understand the Vietnamese as a people and the impact of the American War on families, the land and their way of life.

AREA 4: TAKE ACTION

Provide support to organizations that are actively engaged in remediation efforts in Viet Nam. Learn about local organizations that promote peace and oppose war and violence as a means to resolve conflict.

AREA 5: SHARING WALL

Digitally share images of personal collage art and commentary with other exhibit participants and post on your social media.

AREA 2: ORIGINAL VIDEO “I ALWAYS SAW THEM AS HUMAN”

U.S. Army Tiger Force veteran Dennis Stout brings you along with his unit as they move through small villages near My Lai in 1967. Learn first-hand of the painful consequences of our military actions on Vietnamese families in the Northern Provinces of S. Vietnam.

AREA 3: INTERACTIVE SCULPTURAL COLLAGE BUILDING & DIALOGUE

At the heart of the exhibit, engage in a unique artistic process to create sculptural collages. Dialogue with a trained mentor and connect what went on in Vietnam with your feelings about how we use violence in our society and in the wars we engage in today.

HEAL THE

WOUNDSOF WAR IN VIETNAM

Project RENEW combines resources with local staff, local skills and local institutions to manage the long-term threat of UXO. Since 2007, our

teams have safely removed and destroyed more than 52,000 pieces of dangerous ordnance.

Provides risk education to prevent child injuries

Advocates for removal and provides assistance to victims

Pressure our government to honor its moral and legal responsibility to compensate the Vietnamese, Loas, and Cambodian victims and all victims of Agent Orange.

Join this initiative of U.S. veterans, Vietnamese Americans, and all concerned about peace and justice.

Sign the postcard to Congress in support of the Victims of Agent Orange Relief Act of 2017, H.R. 334.

A project of Veterans For Peace