Fifteen Wyoming veterans headed to Washington, with a sendoff in Cheyenne

Your Wyoming Link reported on April 6, 2026, that 15 Vietnam-era veterans from Wyoming were leaving on Voyage of Valor, a yearlong program built around storytelling, time with other veterans, and a trip to memorials in Washington. Tom Lacock of AARP Wyoming said the bus would start in Sheridan, pick up more veterans in Casper, and hold a sendoff in Cheyenne.

A public welcome was scheduled for 10 a.m. on April 11 at the Lincoln Theater in downtown Cheyenne. The station asked people to bring signs and flags. Lacock said the trip is meant as the welcome home many of these veterans felt they never received.

Jerry Harris, a local Vietnam veteran who had gone the year before, told the station that the earlier trip gave him a sense of belonging and new friendships. He said the useful question among the group became how one veteran could help another. The April 6 report describes the departure and the planned Cheyenne welcome. It was filed as the bus trip was getting underway.