Event: The California State Archives is hosting an exhibit of personal mementos and tributes left by visitors to the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Capitol Park, Sacramento, CA. Admission is free.

Date: Monday - Friday through Memorial Day 2014

Time: 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Bonus: This exhibit will be open to the public on Saturday, November 23, 2013, 11:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.

Place: California State Archives
4th Floor Gallery
1020 O Street
Sacramento, CA, 95814

Background: Coinciding with Veterans Day and the 25th anniversary of the California Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Sacramento’s Capitol Park, the California Secretary of State’s Archives Division has mounted a new exhibit of items placed at the memorial. Mementos include uniforms, hats, medals, patches, poems, posters, correspondence, and even a bullet-riddled helicopter blade. Since the memorial’s opening in 1988, visitors have left more than 1,500 items of personal or historical significance at the site. Items left at the site are transferred to the State Archives.