The Fairfax County Chapter, Daughters of the American Revolution (DAR), held a 50th-anniversary commemoration ceremony last Wednesday, March 29, in honor of National Vietnam War Veterans Day. It was held at Fairfax County’s Vietnam War Memorial on the lawn of the Historic Courthouse in Fairfax City. 

The DAR honored all Vietnam veterans who died or were listed Missing in Action and individually acknowledged the 147 fallen Fairfax County residents by reading their names and placing a flower in a wreath at the memorial. 

The more than 60 people attending included members of American Legion Post 177, VFW Post 8469 and the Fairfax Resolves Chapter, Sons of the American Revolution (SAR), as well as family members of the fallen, plus residents also wanting to remember someone who served in that war.