The Gridley Museum will honor Viet Nam veterans on Saturday, March 29, from noon to 2 p.m. Photo by Teri Saya

GRIDLEY, CA (MPG) – Greetings, Gridley’s Viet Nam era Veterans, you are invited to an Open House at the Gridley Museum, 601 Kentucky Street, in your honor.

We are honoring veterans for the 50th anniversary of your national holiday on Saturday, March 29, from noon to 2 p.m. We are keeping the open house short and casual as we expect that you might want to move on after a tour of the museum to the local Moose Lodge to visit with your fellow vets. The Moose Lodge feels strongly about honoring our Viet Nam-era vets and has graciously donated the social quarters for an extended time of fellowship ad visiting after the two-hour open house at the museum.

We have been collecting pictures and stories and memorabilia from that time and hope you approve of the work that we’ve done to honor you and your service. The staff and volunteers would welcome any and all advice as to how we can expand and improve our collections.

We are also planning a larger event in October. At that time, we hope to collect donations and pledges for donations to purchase recording equipment and preservation tools. Also, we hope to involve more volunteers to help vets record or write their stories and memories. If you should choose to do so, we are eager to help. We sincerely believe that your stories and experiences deserve to be recorded. We hope our pride in you fellow “Gridley kids,” “Gridley citizens” and Viet Nam vets in general and your place in history can be preserved for generations to come.

For questions and further information, contact Suzie Dukes at (530) 320-0339, Ron Eggers at (530) 864-4349 or Joann Hamman at (530) 864-5337.