In 1993, Vietnam Veterans Mike McDonell and Clyde Wray founded the Memorial Day Writers' Project (MDWP) as a creative venue for veterans and those who have been touched by war. We invite you to join us in Washington, DC each Memorial Day and Veterans Day. For more information contact Mike McDonell or Dick Epstein
The MDWP sets up a tent, rain or shine, and has performed on the Mall within sight of the Vietnam Memorial every Memorial Day and Veteran's Day since its founding. MDWP participants have also come together to read at veterans' gatherings, college campuses, churches, high schools, book stores, and libraries.
The prose and poems presented here represent a sampling from the many readings presented at the Wall. These men and women speak the truth; their truth, and offer a look inside our fellow veterans−your neighbors−the grey-haired man two houses away or the woman across the street.