FLORIDA TODAY
J.D. Gallop
April 20, 2015
Escorting the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall exhibit. Hundreds of motorcyclists head south on U.S. 1 toward Melbourne's Wickham Park, where the wall be set up until all week for the Vietnam and All Veterans Reunion. (Photo: TIM SHORTT/FLORIDA TODAY)
Derena Lampson knelt on a patch of grass and stared intently at the black aluminum wall etched with the names of thousands of men and women, hoping to find one important connection to her past.
"I'm looking for my great-grandfather. I don't know what he did but he was in Vietnam ... he was there," said the 47-year-old Melbourne resident who brought along her 8-year-old son, Shiloh, and her 16-year-old daughter, Bonnie, for an outing to the park in Melbourne to view the memorial.
"I haven't found him on the wall yet. His name was Ezra Lamspon and my father spoke of him but now he has Alzheimer's, so there's a gaping hole in our family history. This is my first time here and I just wanted my children to know that he died serving his country," said Lampson.
The mother of two was one of several dozen people who turned out as the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall arrived Sunday at Wickham Park under escort from more than 1,000 motorcyclists and volunteers.Derena Lampson knelt on a patch of grass and stared intently at the black aluminum wall etched with the names of thousands of men and women, hoping to find one important connection to her past.
"I'm looking for my great-grandfather. I don't know what he did but he was in Vietnam ... he was there," said the 47-year-old Melbourne resident who brought along her 8-year-old son, Shiloh, and her 16-year-old daughter, Bonnie, for an outing to the park in Melbourne to view the memorial.
"I haven't found him on the wall yet. His name was Ezra Lamspon and my father spoke of him but now he has Alzheimer's, so there's a gaping hole in our family history. This is my first time here and I just wanted my children to know that he died serving his country," said Lampson.
The mother of two was one of several dozen people who turned out as the Vietnam Traveling Memorial Wall arrived Sunday at Wickham Park under escort from more than 1,000 motorcyclists and volunteers.
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