Terry A. Williamson

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  "We're going to, hopefully, start our first project, which is to move the Purple Heart Memorial behind the Wall of Names," said Terry A. Williamson, president of the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.
  
  "That will really kick off the restoration work, which will continue through 2009, while we try to raise enough funds to complete the redesign project."
  
  The project, Williamson said, includes expanding the memorial's amphitheater while also relocating the Wall of Scenes for better access to the names of the 646 Philadelphians who perished in the Vietnam War.
  
  Williamson updated those plans with area vets and residents during a public hearing Nov. 1 at the Independence Seaport Museum. He will unveil the plans today at a Veterans Day announcement at the memorial site.
  
  "The Wall of Scenes is 10 photos of the war, sandblasted into the granite wall on the Spruce Street side of the memorial," said Williamson, a Marine veteran of Vietnam. "We want to, in effect, open it up or peel it back from the middle so it will enhance security, so the police can look in there.
  
  "As importantly, it will create a greater sense of importance" for the memorial, he said.
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  The expansion project will cost $2 million; Williamson said that the fund has raised $500,000 for the restoration, set to begin later this year.
  
  And, although Williamson said that the fund hasn't had as much interaction and feedback from fellow Vietnam vets as he would have liked, he believes that they would be thrilled with the project.
  
  "We don't have as much contact as I'd like with relatives [of veterans], because it was dedicated 20 years ago and many of them lost their lives before 1975," Williamson said.

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  "The enclosed nature of the Memorial is a haven for skateboarders, vandals and others who continue to desecrate the Memorial protected by the very same seclusion that was designed to foster quiet contemplation," noted Terry A. Williamson, PVVMF president.

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  "The Memorial has been the subject of reprehensible acts by vandals and others virtually since it was built 20 years ago," said Terry Williamson, president of the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund.

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  Behind him from left to right: Adrian Cronauer, Ron Naples, Terry Williamson and Dick Pinter listen.
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  Accepting the check was Terry A. Williamson, fund president, who noted that "PECO Energy has been with the Memorial from the start and a consistent supporter over the past 20 years.

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  others virtually since it was built 20 years ago," said Terry Williamson, president of the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund."Cameras,

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  Terry Williamson, president of the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Advisory Fund, said he wasn't aware of such a substance being put on the Philadelphia memorial.He did say that some purple paint was recently placed on the memorial.
  
  "It wasn't much, but it was intentional," he said.

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  Terry WilliamsonPresident, Board of DirectorsPhiladelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Advisory FundWrote:

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  http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2007/07/05/terry-williamson http://www.citypaper.net/articles/2007/07/05/terry-williamson In 1987, Terry Williamson came to town while local veterans were in the process of collecting about $1.2 million to build a memorial to fallen Vietnam-era soldiers at Front and Spruce streets. (Their grassroots fundraising effort included beef-and-beers.) Today, as president of the Philadelphia Vietnam Veterans Memorial Advisory Fund, Williamson is trying to raise more money (www.pvvm.org), with the hope of fixing up the memorial and creating an endowment to preserve it for posterity.
  
  City Paper: What funding problems does the memorial face today?
  
  Terry Williamson: There is no money left to preserve and protect the memorial for future generations.

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  Accepting the check was Terry A. Williamson, fund president, who noted that "PECO Energy has been with the Memorial from the start and a consistent supporter over the past 20 years.

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  Accepting the check was Terry A. Williamson, fund president, who noted that "PECO has been with the Memorial from the start and a consistent supporter over the past 20 years.

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