Gloucester Embraces The Wall That Heals

'It's closure. It's healing': Hundreds of veterans visit The Wall That Heals
Salem News
By John Castelluccio Correspondent
July 12, 2015

One brother, in fact, didn’t open up about his time in Vietnam until a few years ago when he ran into another vet at Florian Hall in Dorchester, Driscoll said. “They couldn’t talk about it with other people, but they could talk about it with each other, I guess.”

'It's closure. It's healing' Three-year-old Andrea Pimental of Middleton looks to upright a fallen American flag placed at The Wall That Heals, Sunday afternoon during the last day at the Fuller School site.

GLOUCESTER — By Mark Nestor’s estimation, the half-size replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial lived up to its reputation this week in Gloucester, evoking the start of a cathartic healing process for several veterans who came to pay their respects to fallen comrades at The Wall That Heals.

Nestor, the commander of the Lester S. Wass American Legion Post 3, said he shook hands with about 600 Vietnam veterans — many of whom he never met before — from the time the traveling wall opened to the public Thursday morning through late Sunday afternoon during the closing ceremonies. Many of them were from Cape Ann or the North Shore, but some also came up from Plymouth and other communities surrounding Boston.

“It’s closure. It’s a healing process,” said Nestor, adding that the traveling exhibit helps make that process easier for people who haven’t visited the actual memorial in Washington, D.C.
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