Vietnam Veteran Diane Carlson Evans To Speak At Helena Library
Author: Lewis and Clark Library Communications
Vietnam Veteran Diane Carlson Evans to Speak at Helena Library
Lewis and Clark Library Communications
Join the Lewis & Clark Library Foundation and Lewis & Clark Library at 6:30 p.m. Jan. 28 to celebrate Helena's Diane Carlson
Evans, who will share her story and how she came to write "Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10-Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C."
The free event, which the public may attend, will be held in the library's large community room at 120 S. Last Chance Gulch. A brief reception will follow and Montana Book Company will have copies of "Healing Wounds" for sale.
Evans is a Vietnam War nurse who made it her mission to establish a memorial for the women who served in the Vietnam War. She began her quest in 1983 to honor the women, both living and lost, who were not being recognized for their service and sacrifice.
After waging an advocacy campaign for 10 years, Evans opened the National Mall ceremony to dedicate the Vietnam Women's Memorial on Nov. 11, 1993.
Evans will recount her experiences as a 21-year-old Army nurse in two military hospitals in Vietnam. She will discuss why it took 50 years to "find the courage to write my own personal story and how we overcame difficult obstacles to establish the first, and only, memorial on the National Mall honoring military women in uniform".
On Jan. 2, Evans received the Presidential Citizens Medal, which is awarded to citizens who have "performed exemplary deeds of service for their country or their fellow citizens".
For more on the event join the Lewis & Clark Library Foundation and Lewis & Clark Library at 6:30 p.m. on Jan. 28 to celebrate Helena's Diane Carlson Evans, who will share her story and how she came to write "Healing Wounds: A Vietnam War Combat Nurse's 10Year Fight to Win Women a Place of Honor in Washington, D.C."
The free event, which the public may attend, will be held in the library's large community room at 120 S. Last Chance Gulch. A brief reception will follow and Montana Book Company will have copies of "Healing Wounds" for sale.
