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The Friends of the Museum, headquartered in Mineral Wells, Texas, is the support organization for The National Vietnam War Museum. It is a 501 (c)(3) corporation, so donations to the Friends are tax deductible. This group is comprised of veterans and non-veterans who are interested in helping the museum's board of directors develop a national museum on a twelve-acre site east of Mineral Wells on Highway 180, about 50 miles west of the Dallas/Fort Worth Metroplex.
The group's mission is to: Raise funds and public awareness for the National Vietnam War Museum. The Friends group has an ex-officio member on the Museum Board of Directors and the two groups freely exchange information. The Friends have been recognized for developing the idea of "Honorary Landowner", which generated more than $30,000 in revenue for the museum and funded the purchase of the land on which the museum is built.
Members of the Friends are responsible for securing a resolution passed by the American Legion at the national level supporting the museum. The Friends generate a quarterly newsletter that provides information to members and the interested public. Membership in the Friends is open to anyone at a cost of $15.00 annually per household, which includes receiving the newsletter.
The Mineral Wells Friends group meets typically on the 4th Saturday of each month from 10:00 am untill 11:30 am. The Weatherford Friends typically meets on the fourth Tuesday at 7:00 pm at various locations in Weatherford. Members are not required to attend the meetings, but attendees are needed regularly to "work" on the current group project.
Membership
Annual dues are $15.00. To become a member and receive the newsletter, do one of the following:
- Send a check to Friends of the Museum, P.O. Box 146, Mineral Wells, TX 76068.
- Pay online at the Museum's donation page and email receipt to with request to join.
Many monuments commemorate those who lost their lives in Vietnam. The National Vietnam War Museum is established to recognize not only those who died, but to better understand the Vietnam era and the lasting effects of those who lived through it. History and the significance of the era isn't the only thing that is passing from the memory of so many.
The passing of time sees the passing of more of our friends and comrades, and with it, evidence of our own mortality. To honor them, the Museum Board established the Directors Endowment, which will be used for sustaining operations of the Museum. Donations to specific funds, in the name of the deceased, may be made, at the families' request, in lieu of flowers.
These funds will remain open so that anyone wishing to contribute to a specific memorial fund will be able to send donations annotated "________ Memorial fund".
These memorial funds ensure that perpetual donations may be made to the museum in honor of the deceased. The families will be notified of gifts when they are received.
Memorial funds may be established within the Directors Endowment to honor any individual, whether connected with the Museum or not. If you wish to establish a fund, please contact the Endowment Manager, in care of the Museum, for details. The funds, and their honorees, will receive appropriate recognition in Museum literature and a permanent place of honor. All contributions to the National Vietnam War Museum Directors Endowment are tax-deductible within the IRS limits specified for a 501(c)(3) organization.
For more information on setting up a memorial, please contact the museum.
Listed below are those individuals and organizations who have provided financial support to The National Vietnam War Museum. New names and fundraising campaigns are added regularly.
The Landowners
Landowners are those individuals or organizations who contributed $1,000 or more to buy the 12-acre museum site on Highway 180.
Click Here for a list of Landowners
The Founders Association
Founders are those individuals or organizations that contribute $1,000 or more to the museum (after the purchase of the museum site by the Landowners) before the date of the main museum building groundbreaking.
Click Here for a list of the Founders
The Builders Club
The Builders Club represents individuals or organizations who have donated $10,000 to build phase 1 of our first permanent museum building.
Click Here for a list of the Builders Club
2008 Guardian of the Legacy Fundraising Campaign
Listed below are those individuals and organizations, listed by last name or organization name, who provided financial support to the museum by participating in the 2008 Guardian of the Legacy fundraising campaign. This fundraising campaign has ended.
Current Sponsoring Organizations
- Americal Division Veterans Association
- American Legion
- DFW Former VNAF Association
- Fort Wolters Chapter - VHPA
- Health Markets
- NAM-POWs (Vietnam POWs)
- Reserve Officers Association – Texas
- Special Operations Association
- Military Order of the World Wars
- VVA, States of Texas and Louisiana
- VFW – State of Texas
- Vietnam Helicopter Pilots Association (VHPA)
- 52nd Aviation Battalion Association
- National Vietnam Veterans Museum, Australia Autumn_2017_Friends.pdf
Sponsorship Requirements
The NVNWM Board of Directors will propose sponsoring relationships to both non-profit and for-profit organizations after nomination. This relationship is based on the common desire to accurately and objectively document the events of the Vietnam era and the experiences of all of those affected by its many significant events.
Sponsoring relationships are intended as a perpetual relationship between the two parties. Either party may unilaterally terminate a sponsoring relationship without any legal recourse.
The establishment of a sponsoring relationship does not require any commitment to financial or in-kind support by the sponsoring organization.
Sponsoring Categories
1. Founder Sponsor - Any organization pledging financial support in excess of $500,000, payable over a period of no more than ten years, will be designated Founder Sponsor.
2. Except as noted above, sponsoring organizations will be differentiated by the following categories, solely based on the time of the sponsorship initiation:
a. Charter Sponsor – An organization that accepts the nomination prior to the initiation of the formal kick-off of the five-phase development plan.
b. Senior Sponsor – An organization that accepts the nomination prior to the Museum ground breaking.
c. Sponsor – An organization that accepts the nomination after the museum ground breaking.
For more information on becoming a sponsor, please contact the museum.
Sponsorships & Sponsors
View a list of our current sponsors, and find out how to become one.
Donations
Make a donation to The National Vietnam War Museum today!
The museum is a 501(c)(3) non-profit organization. Your donations are tax deductible to the maximum extent allowed by law. (Tax ID: 13-4148824).
Wall of Honor
View a list of those individuals and organizations that have made financial contributions to The National Vietnam War Museum.
Memorial
Find out how to set up a memorial for a loved one through The National Vietnam War Museum.
Gift Shop
Our gift shop located in Phase 1 is now open! Stop by the museum to see the items we carry.
Shop Online & Donate
The National Vietnam War Museum participates in three online shopping programs:
When you make a purchase through these programs using the provided links, a donation is made to The National Vietnam War Museum, at no additional cost to you.
"No event in American history is more misunderstood than the Vietnam War. It was misreported then, and it is misremembered now. Rarely have so many people been so wrong about so much. Never have the consequences of their misunderstanding been so tragic."
- Richard M. Nixon
Veteran Resource Links <---- Click here for a list of resources available specifically to veterans.
Other Links:
"Honor and Remember" (A Canadian Vietnam Veterans Assoc. Documentary)
Army Medical Department Museum - Gift Shop
The Vietnam Project - Texas Tech University
Vietnam Helicopter Flight Crew Network
The Sixties Project (Humanities project of the University of Arizona)
Vietnam Veterans Oral History & Folklore Project (Operated by Buffalo State College)
Medal of Honor Citations 1964-1972
Veterans History Project - A Federal project that is working to locate, make available, and encourage local oral history documentation on experiences of all types from all 20th Century conflicts.
Vietnam Gear - This site features war stories, book reviews, a detailed timeline of the war, a glossary and over 400 examples of uniforms and equipment from the conflict.
Vietnam Babylift Home Page - This site will not politicize Babylift. Its purpose is to gather as much information as possible about Babylift and make it available to our visitors.
World War II Museum (New Orleans)
The Tailhook Association - An independent, fraternal non-profit organization supporting aircraft carrier and other sea-based aviation.
POPASMOKE - USMC/Combat Helicopter Association
Special Operations Association
Combat Helicopter Pilots Association
Vietnam Helicopter Crew Members Association
Palo Pinto County Veteran Service - Palo Pinto, TX (Address, Phone, and Hours) (countyoffice.org) - Contact Clay Roundtree or Jim Bransom
PDF Newsletters are no longer posted on our website. If you would like to sign up for our e-newsletter, please use the form below:
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January 2019 - 
National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_Jan_2019.pdf
September 2017 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_Sept_2017.pdf
May 2017 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum News_May_2017.pdf
January 2017 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_Jan2017.pdf
September 2016 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_9-16.pdf
May 2016 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_5-16.pdf
April 2015 -National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_4-15.pdf
January 2015 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_1-15.pdf
September 2014 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_9-14.pdf
May 2014 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_5-14.pdf
January 2014 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_1-14.pdf
September 2013 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_9-13.pdf
February 2013 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_2-13.pdf
October 2012 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_10-12a.pdf
June 2012 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_6-12a.pdf
February 2012 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_2-12a.pdf
October 2011 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_10-11.pdf
June 2011 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_6-11.pdf
February 2011 - National_Vietnam_War_Museum_News_2-11.pdf
2018 Museum begins direct mail campaign
You will be receiving letters in the future from a variety of people asking for your financial support of the museum. The letters sent so far have come from board presidents and the latest one is from Joe Galloway. The address to send those donations is: National Vietnam War Museum, Correspondence Center, P.O. Box 1875, Merrifield VA 22116.
Annual Spring Fundraiser
Each year we come together for an evening of fun, food and entertainment. The Annual Spring Fundraiser usually takes place the last Saturday in March, and is held at varioius locations in the area.
The doors open, the bar opens and the silent auction begins. We have dinner, thank your sponsors and the entertainment is under way. Later in the evening there is a live auction and the silent auction continues. The silent auction ends shortly after the live auction ends. After the festivities it's time to collection auction items, socialize and shop in the gift shop.
The Annual Spring Fundraiser is hosted by the Friends of the Museum.
Annual Updating of the Wall
The Vietnam Memorial Garden on the museum grounds contains a 300-foot long replica of the Moving Wall™, a 1/2 scale version of the Vietnam Memorial in Washington, D.C. The wall is updated at least once a year to keep the names up-to-date with those on the Vietnam Memorial in D.C.
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