Veterans Memorial Fund Accomplished Its Mission ... and Pressed On

By Margaret Battistelli Gardner

"By February of 1985, the Memorial Fund had essentially shut down, although a core group of supporters and the National Park Service organized large ceremonial events at The Wall each Memorial Day and Veterans Day," VVMF founder and President Jan Scruggs says. "As the 10th anniversary of The Wall approached, we saw the need to re-establish the Memorial Fund for the commemorations and renovations that would be taking place in the coming year.