FAIR OAKS, Calif. —

Rows of gleaming hot rods drew car lovers from across the region this weekend, but beneath the chrome and pride, the purpose ran far deeper: fueling a community effort to build a permanent Vietnam veterans memorial wall in the Sacramento area.

The Citrus Heights Veterans Memorial Project, a local nonprofit, is working to erect what organizers describe as the only one of its kind on the West Coast—a 95%–scale replica of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., bearing the names of the 58,281 Americans who gave their lives. The wall is slated to stand just off Interstate 80 near Calvary Catholic Cemetery on land donated for the project.

“It’s called the ‘Wall That Heals’ because it brings an opportunity for those who have served to gain some degree of closure

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