Marine veteran Chuck “Graves” Roth also said the ceremony was long overdue. “For once, somebody did something they said they were going to do to honor Vietnam veterans.” The monument — a cannon on a stone base — was originally dedicated on Veterans’ Day 1966 amid little fanfare. So little that it was only recently when an old newspaper report turned up.

Marine veteran Chuck “Graves” Roth also said the ceremony was long overdue. “For once, somebody did something they said they were going to do to honor Vietnam veterans.” The monument — a cannon on a stone base — was originally dedicated on Veterans’ Day 1966 amid little fanfare. So little that it was only recently when an old newspaper report turned up.