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The Bethel Fife and Drum Chapter, National Society of the Daughters of the American Revolution, in conjunction with the US Department of Defense’s Commemoration of the 50th Anniversary of the Vietnam War, is sponsoring a traveling exhibit of memorabilia from the war.

Carol Parris, Vivian McDowell, and Gail Matus pose with the Vietnam War exhibit.

Among the items included in the exhibit are a POW bracelet, Purple Heart, dog tags and combat boots with the remnants of Vietnamese soil still attached. Also featured is a book of art and poetry, “Wartorn Heart,” written by local Vietnam veteran Kathleen Swazuk.

The exhibit is currently on display in the Mt. Lebanon Library. It will move to Bethel Park Public Library in February, Jefferson Hills Borough Building in March, and Peters Township Library in April.

The Bethel Fife and Drum Chapter, NSDAR is a non-profit, non-political volunteer women’s service organization whose members live in the South Hills/Canonsburg area. The Society is dedicated to promoting patriotism, preserving American history and securing America’s future through better education for children. Each of its members has traced her ancestry to an American Revolution Patriot.

For more information about the NSDAR, their work or how to become a member, visit dar.org.