Veterans of the Vietnam War and other past conflicts will participate in the 23rd Annual Veterans Day Observance at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., hosted by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and the National Park Service. Active-duty military who recently served in Operation Iraqi Freedom also are expected to participate.

Guest Speakers:

• The Honorable John P. Murtha , U.S. House of Representatives, PA-12th District. 
  Congressmen Murtha is the first combat Vietnam veteran elected to Congress.
• Most Reverend John J. Kaising , Archdiocese for the Military Services, USA
• Jan C. Scruggs , Founder and President, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
• Gentry Davis , Deputy Regional Director, National Capital Region, National Park Service
• James ‘Marty' Irving , former U.S. Marine Corps Captain in Vietnam; VVMF Corporate Council Member; Managing Director Cassidy & Pinkard, Inc.
• Diane Carlson Evans , Founder and President, Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation
• Karen Spears Zacharias , author and journalist whose father's name is inscribed on
  Panel 9E, Line 71 of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
  

WEBCAST: The Veterans Day Observance will be webcast live at www.USVets.tv and archived on www.TVWorldwide.com . Media outlets interested in the event live via satellite will find coordinates posted on these two sites two or three days before the event.