Motorcyclists to escort Vietnam Memorial on Route 66

About 500 motorcyclists will be escorting a portable Vietnam War memorial on old Route 66 from Tulsa to Norman, Okla., on Saturday morning, according to the Tulsa World.

The wall, a three-fourths-size replica of the Vietnam Memorial Wall at Washington, D.C., is to arrive in Tulsa on Friday night aboard several trucks.

However, the wall will not be offloaded, officials said.

Instead, the trucks will pick up their journey to Norman at 10 a.m. Saturday, with the motorcyclists gathering at the Chapman Commons at the University of Tulsa.

The procession, also led by the Oklahoma Highway Patrol, will wend its way across much of historic Route 66 through Tulsa, Sapulpa, Kellyville, Bristow, Depew, Stroud, Davenport, Chandler, Shawnee and Pink.

They expect to arrive in Norman about 1:30 p.m. at Reaves Park. The wall will be at the park until July 5.

While the wall is a smaller replica of the real thing in Washington, D.C., it’s still 240 feet long once it’s set up. And all 58,261 of Vietnam’s dead will be listed on it.

More about the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall can be found here. More about the real Vietnam Veterans Memorial can be found here.

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