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The Vietnam Memorial Commission was established by Joint Resolution 22, the Acts of 1983. The memorial was approved by Governor Harry R. Hughes in February 1984, and the commission first met in July 1984. The citizens of Maryland contributed the memorial, and the City of Baltimore, with Burt L. Schmoke as mayor, provided its site. Governor William Donald Schaefer, a Vietnam veteran, dedicated it in ceremonies. It honors the men and women of Maryland who served in the nation’s Armed Forces in the Vietnam War, with special tribute to those who lost their lives or remain missing in action. Their names are joined there in everlasting remembrance, and Marylanders pause in that place to recall the nation’s ideals, promise, abundance, and continuing responsibilities, while remembering those whose sacrifices underlie these blessings.
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