The Wall That Heals - Great Bend Kansas

07/05/2025

If you would like to see The Wall That Heals again, please go visit in Emporia, Ks!
Support our fellow Kansas community on this endeavor!

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica Wall That Heals will be in Emporia Aug. 14 to 17.

10/18/2024

Todays Progress of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Veterans Park!

02/06/2024

Get out and check this out! The sign was posted yesterday for the Barton County Vietnam Veterans Memorial at Vets Park!
The memorial is being made by our local artists Bbmetal Arts of Hoisington, KS.
Over half of the money for this project has already been raised. We still need our communities support!
Mail donations to
Great Bend Foundation
PO Box 533
Great Bend, KS 67530
Or you can Venmo to me -Nollette and i will send them on to Great Bend Foundation.
Please help support our Vietnam Vets 🇺🇸
No donation is to big or to small.
Call or text with any questions
620-617-5270

01/31/2024

Are you wanting to show your support but don’t how to help with the Barton County Vietnam Veterans Memorial?
Join in on the Community Cookbook!! Recipes can be contributed from anyone, located anywhere, from any age. Feel free to submit a recipe in memory of your loved ones as well.
We would also love for you to submit your old wives tales and home remedies for this community wide event!
Cookbooks will be printed and ready to purchase in September 2024.
All recipes need to be typed and submitted to [email protected]
Deadline to submit recipes is May 31, 2024!
All proceeds go to the Barton County Vietnam Veterans Memorial!

01/25/2024

Exciting news! Coming to Great Bend!!
Barton County Vietnam Veterans Memorial. 🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This permanent memorial will be located at Veterans Memorial Park. It will be 50 foot long and will be made of stainless steel. This memorial will be made by local artists, B & B Metal Arts of Hoisington, Kansas.
A majority of the funding for this project has already been established and now we are asking the community to join in.

All donations can be mailed directly to:

Great Bend Foundation Inc.
PO Box 533
Great Bend, KS 67530

12/14/2023

Rendering of the proposed memorial to be placed at Great Bend's Veterans Memorial Park.

11/10/2023

By MIKE COURSONGreat Bend PostThe Wall That Heals shined a light on t

09/06/2023

Jimmy Buffett was a big supporter of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and had the following to say back in a 2012 visit during the 30th Anniversary of the Groundbreaking of The Wall:

"I am of the Vietnam Generation, though I did not serve in Vietnam. But on my many visits from Margaritaville to Washington, D.C. over the years, I always made it a point to go by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial to see friends that I had lost during the war."

From Washington, D.C. to Margaritaville, RIP Jimmy.
[Photo credit: Dan Arant]

06/23/2023

By COLE REIFGreat Bend PostThe Vietnam Veterans Memorial replica rece

05/12/2023

We want to take a second to give a HUGE THANK YOU to the committee that brought The Wall That Heals in GBKS to Great Bend and made it happen for our community! (from left to right: Doug Anspaugh, Scott Keeler, David Meter, Amanda Gaddis, Scott Donovan, Christina Hayes, Boe Levingston, Melanie Nollette, Larry Parsons, Kim Nollette, Tim Nollette, Mike Harbaugh, & Chris Krueger.) Each person on this committee had a huge role and worked tirelessly to make this happen for our area! This committee represents a few amazing Veterans, City Park Dept, USD 428, City of Great Bend CVB, Eagle Radio, American Legion Post 180, Marmies, & VFW Post 3111. THANK YOU!

05/10/2023