Love Reunited Sp5 Wyley Wright Jr. & Ouida Wright Tribute - Guest Invite

If you are in the D.C. area on March 9, 2024- You are cordially invited to join us:

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Love Separated In Life...Love Reunited in Honor -Fallen Patriot Reburied at Arlington National Cemetery-After 50 yrs in Segregated Grave.

Details will be updated from time to time as plans are finalized. Please revisit this invitation periodically.

10th Anniversary of Arlington Honors of Sp5 Wyley Wright Jr. & Ouida Fay Wright Commemorated:

https://www.prlog.org/13000501-10th-anniversary-of-reburial-of-vietnam-war-patriot-sp5-wyley-wright-jr-wife-ouida-fay-wright-at-arlington-national-cemetery-slated-march-2024.html

The commemoration is more than just a family recognition as the Wright family gives a glimpse of the suffering of millions of U.S. families that have sacrificed for freedom over and over again in U.S. history. To honor one is to respect all as in the case of John Francis Shea of Willimantic, Connecticut, who died in the helicopter crash with Sp5 Wyley Wright Jr., serving the United States of America.

Greetings ,

This is a three-day celebration to commemorate the 10th Anniversary of honoring Sp5 Wyley Wright Jr. & The Love of His Life, Ouida Fay Wright, on March 10, 2014 as the military couple was reburied after being separated for more than 50 years due to Sp5 Wright's death as an honor guard for Secretary of Defense Robert S. McNamara on March 9, 1964, six months after his much loved wife Ouida gave birth to their fourth child, Phyllis and four months after the assassination of the Commander and Chief John F. Kennedy, who had deployed him to Vietnam as an "Advisor" to Vietnam.

Sp5 Wyley Wright Jr. was exhumed from his original grave in Mr. Olive Cemetery in Jacksonville, Florida after 50 years due to the cemetery being segregated and deteriorating. The Wright Siblings believed their father, a war hero, deserved the best given his total sacrifice for his country. Jackie, Joe, Stanley and Phyllis found out wives could be buried with their husbands at Arlington National Cemetery, so after 44 years of being buried at the historic Green Acres Cemetery in Columbus Georgia, Ouida Fay Wright was also exhumbed to be reburied with her much loved husband on March 10, 2014 at Arlington National Cemetery.

Three Day Event Agenda

Friday, March 8, 2024 - Arrival of family & friends & Guests

Saturday, March 9-Main Ceremony Day

Tenth Anniversary Commemoration Ceremony of Sp5 Wyley Wright Jr and Ouida Fay Wright in Tribute to Joe Wright and Brenda Wright who were with us at the original March 10, 2014 ceremony but who have since departed: (https://www.lovereunited.org/in-memoriam)

March 9, 12:00 Noon-1:30 p.m.--Ceremony Details to be Updated.Special Guest Performers are San Francisco Opera Singer Hope Briggs; America's Got Talent's Lawrence Beamen & ATL's Songbird Sylvia Camille

Bay Area Artists SF Opera Singer Hope Briggs & America's Got Talent Famed Lawrence Beamon & ATL Songbird Sylvia Camille Perform in Washington D. C. @ 10th Anniversary Commemoration 3-9-2024

https://conta.cc/3SI8b4n

Following Noon Ceremony...

Arlington Graveside Visit

(Sp5 Wyley Wright Jr. and Ouida Fay Wright  reburied at the intersection of York and Halsey, Section 59, Grave 4977 at Arlington National Cemetery.)

Visit to the Wall Designed by Maya Lin

Visit to the African American Museum

Sunday Morning, March 10th

Family & Guests Breakfast and Prayer

11 a.m. --- Church Service TBD

5 p.m. Flights Home---Asking God's blessings and protection.

January 1, 2024 News Release

10th Anniversary of Arlington Honors of Sp5 Wyley Wright Jr. & Ouida Fay Wright Commemorated:

https://www.prlog.org/13000501-10th-anniversary-of-reburial-of-vietnam-war-patriot-sp5-wyley-wright-jr-wife-ouida-fay-wright-at-arlington-national-cemetery-slated-march-2024.html

Sp5 Wyley Wright Jr. and Ouida Fay Wright reburied at the intersection of York and Halsey, Section 59, Grave 4977 at Arlington National Cemetery.

Documentary: "Love Separated in Life…Love Reunited in Honor" Selected for the Italy International Film Festival

https://www.prlog.org/13007576-love-separated-in-lifelove-reunited-in-honor-selected-for-the-italy-international-film-festival.html

Background Article for Original 2014 Ceremony: Beyond Selma Black and White Families Bond for Honor:

https://blacknews.com/news/beyond-selma-black-and-white-military-families-bond-for-honor-wyley-wright-jr/

DOCUMENTARY FILM VIDEO CLIPS

"Love Separated in Life...Love Reunited in Honor" by Jackie Wright & Jack Livolsi; produced by Joe Wright; Stanley Wright, Phyllis Cameron and Jackie Wright.

Military Honors Excerpt in Film TRT 1:11

https://youtu.be/jQT7nUoHqko

"Love Separated in Life...Love Reunited in Honor" Trailer TRT 1:37

https://youtu.be/9mgDPv012gQ

Daughter of Soldier Killed in Vietnam Honors Father with Film

https://www.news4jax.com/news/2019/11/18/daughter-of-soldier-killed-in-vietnam-honors-father-with-film/

Details will be updated from time to time as plans are finalized. Please revisit this invitation periodically.