Dr. Bob Vickers, retired U.S. Army colonel and pastor of First Baptist Church of Roswell, leads a closing prayer. (Photos by Michael Alexander)

A pair of combat boots is displayed at the base of the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall, the three-quarter-scale traveling replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, which was on display July 4-6 at Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell. Items left at the wall were placed in a memorial vault to honor all Vietnam veterans. The vault will be interred in the cemetery to commemorate the visit of the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall to the community.

(L-r) Seventeen-year-old Damian Orgeron, Scout leader Mary Ellen Yeomans, veteran Deacon Bruce Publicover and Scout leader Bob Engert watch the closing ceremonies unfold. All four are members of Church of the Transfiguration, Marietta, and the Scouts are affiliated with the parish’s Boy Scout Troop 75.

The final floor panel is placed on the truck after dismantling the 240-foot, 48-panel Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall. Each panel of the wall is approximately 8 feet high and 4 feet wide. Some 50 volunteers, including Boy Scouts and Girl Scouts from area churches who provided assistance throughout the holiday weekend, took two hours to help break down the wall.

Greg Arnold of Alpharetta takes a pencil rubbing of a relative’s name from the wall as his 12-year-old son, Daniel, a member of Boy Scout Troop 429, looks on. Approximately 5,000 people visited the wall over the July 4th holiday weekend.

American flags blow in the wind atop the faux-granite replica during the July 6 closing ceremony for the Dignity Memorial Vietnam Wall at Green Lawn Cemetery, Roswell. Since 1990 the wall has been traveling around the country between May and November.