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Officer Andy Haag of the Kalispell Police Department carefully lines up the panels of the wall before fixing them in place on Wednesday afternoon, September 6, in Kalispell. The Wall that Heals, a mobile replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. arrived in Kalispell a little after 11 a.m. The Wall, which is made up of 100 aluminum panels, was put up by volunteers, including 15 members of the Kalispell Police Department, starting around 1 p.m. The Wall that Heals will have an opening ceremony today at 10 a.m. in the large field adjacent to Rosauers. After which it will be open 24 hours per day for free to visitors. There will be ceremonies all four days the Wall is in Kalispell including two on Sunday, September 10, the first will be the daily opening ceremony at 10 and a closing ceremony at 4 p.m. Mike Shepard of Columbia Falls Freedom Post #72 said that on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial there are 11 names of service members who died who were from the Flathead Valley. There are a total of 270 Montanans listed on the Wall and 107 Canadians. Shepard said that he and some of the Columbia Falls veterans went to Kimberly, British Columbia for a veterans memorial dedication. Some of those Canadians they went to visit are returning the honor and will be at the opening ceremony today.(Brenda Ahearn/Daily Inter Lake)

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The Wall that Heals, a mobile replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. is in Kalispell through Sept. 10.