Officials applaud huge gift for Nebraska Vietnam Veterans Memorial
Officials in Papillion, where the Memorial is scheduled to open in 2023, are announcing what they call a “transformative” $ 250,000 gift from Facebook, which will ensure that the 396 Nebraskans who died in Vietnam will be remembered far into the future.
By News Channel NebraskaA Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Papillion is six figures further along.
Officials in Papillion, where the Memorial is scheduled to open in 2023, are announcing what they call a “transformative” $ 250,000 gift from Facebook, which will ensure that the 396 Nebraskans who died in Vietnam will be remembered far into the future.
The Memorial will be located just a few miles from the Omaha National Cemetery.
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The Memorial is considered an urgent and important act of honor as its estimated that by 2030 half of Nebraska’s Vietnam-era Veterans will have died.
Facebook recently opened a data center in Sarpy County, not far from where the Memorial will be located.