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More than 230,00 Virginians served in Vietnam and 1,490 Virginians died there.  Virginia is also currently home to 60,000 Vietnamese Americans .For many Virginians, however, there remained a feeling of disconnectedness which was to endure for decades.  The traveling exhibit "Virginia and the Vietnam War," from the Virginia Museum of History and Culture, will explore the choices, perspectives, and experiences of Virginians during the Vietnam War era to help facilitate untapped understandings about this tumultuous time.  .

This exhibit examines, through personal objects and oral histories, what Virginia’s soldiers, policy makers, families, activists, and Vietnamese migrants carried both physically and emotionally during the war and its aftermath. Visitors will tap into the hopes and fears of those connected to the war by exploring the personal items they carried and engaging with multiple oral histories.