Wyoming Vietnam Veterans Memorial

This black wall came first. In 1985 a Cody committee set out to build a smaller likeness of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, at a time when, one member recalled, people hardly spoke of the war, and it was dedicated on Veterans Day 1986 carrying the names of Wyoming's dead. Everything around it came later: the Korean War and World War II memorials, the Freedom Memorial, and the grounds' designation as the State of Wyoming Veterans Memorial Park. After thirty-five years the granite was failing, rebar showing through, and a Save the Wall campaign raised money for repairs.

Where it stands

Worth the stop nearby

• Buffalo Bill Center of the West — 1.9 mi
  A memorial begun the year Buffalo Bill died that grew, wing by stone-walled wing, into five museums and a library under one roof.
• Old Trail Town — 3.1 mi
  Bob Edgar's rescued log buildings, outlaw cabins and an Apsáalooke scout's home among them, rebuilt on the ground where Cody City was first laid out.
• Heart Mountain Interpretive Center — 12 mi
  The incarcerated cleared and watered the land; when the camp closed it went to veterans to homestead, and the barracks sold for a dollar each.

More markers nearby

• Colter's Hell — 3.8 mi
• Shoshone Canyon — 4.9 mi
• Castle Rock — 16 mi
• Dead Indian Hill Summit — 23 mi