The following speech was given by Chief Randy Hart at the opening ceremony for the Moving Vietnam Memorial Wall on Saturday, July 21st, at the American Legion Post 1479.   Due to many requests by community members, we present the speech here.

She:kon sewakwe:kon.

Greetings and Good Evening. My name is Randy Hart. I am the Chief of the St. Regis Mohawk Tribe. Thank you for being here tonight to welcome The Moving Wall, a half size Vietnam War Memorial.

I know that an event of this size tak...