Chadds Ford, PA | Oldest Vietnam Veterans Monument

''We Will Never Forget''

Chadds Ford, PA | Oldest Vietnam Veterans Monument

This 1966 monument to the men of Delaware County who had fought in the early days of the Vietnam War sits just off southbound Route 202 at Hillman Drive, in the parking lot of a now-closed bank branch. On a very cold and windy day in early November 2012 a group of Veterans paid tribute to our fallen Vietnam Veteran Brothers and Sisters.

Steve Quigley who runs a towing company just up the street thinks this Vietnam Veterans Monument deserve better, over the past two years, Steve, his son and some friends have been unofficial caretakers for the monument, knocking down weeds, trimming branches and placing flags on the pole nearby.

Construction to be done on the site it is presently located will prevent it from staying where it is at. A decel lane for the loop road and the intersection of the loop road puts this monument in harm’s way. Steve said that keeping this historic monument in Chadds Ford is the right thing to do. It was built and dedicated in the township and that’s where its home should be.

Kique,
> The Monument, originally dedicated in 1966 was all bit forgotten for years
> until 2012 when it was "discovered beneath brush in an old bank parking
> lot
> in Chadds Ford, Pa."
> See
> http://www.historynet.com/newly-discovered-vietnam-monument-baffles-pennsylvania-community.htm
> http://www.patrickjhughes.org/galleries/4_memorials/71_CFVM/
> It's considered to be very likely the oldest Vietnam Veterans monument in
> the US.
> Gerald Alan Ney kumquatquince@gmail.com