The NVMM is proud to commemorate National Vietnam War Veterans Day with a “Welcome Home” Ceremony for our Veterans, live from our Great Hall. This year marks the 50th anniversary of the fall of Saigon.

Our keynote speaker is U.S. Navy Veteran Kimberly M. Mitchell. Mitchell was a Vietnamese orphan who was adopted by a U.S. Airman and grew up in Wisconsin. She attended the U.S. Naval Academy, and after her military career, she become an advocate for Veterans. Mitchell served as the president of the Dixon Center for Military and Veterans Services and as the president and CEO of the Veterans Village of San Diego. She is a board member at the Infinite Hero Foundation and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund. She also is a member of VA’s Advisory Committee on Homeless Veterans.

Emily Compagno will serve as the emcee for the Welcome Home Ceremony. Compagno currently serves as a co-host of “Outnumbered” on FOX News and is the author of Under His Wings, which debuted as a New York Times’ #1 bestseller. Compagno holds a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science from the University of Washington, where she was awarded the U.S. Air Force Reserve Officer Training Corps’ Cadet of the Quarter Award. She holds her Juris Doctor from the University of San Francisco School of Law, where she was President of the Federalist Society and Articles Editor of the Intellectual Property Law Bulletin. Emily will be signing copies of her book after the ceremony.

Museum admission will be reduced to $5 and the “Welcome Home” ceremony is free.