Jan Scruggs

Founder, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

Jan Scruggs

ABOUT THE PROJECT

Jan Scruggs, Founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, came to us for help launching his new website, founderofthewall.com, and promoting events commemorating the 40th anniversary of The Wall in 2022. Jan’s goals included securing Washington D.C. outlets to cover several events he had planned, podcast interviews in order to promote his new website created to provide education on the history of the wall and coverage in online outlets. At the top of his wishlist was his desire to appear in AARP magazine.

OUR ROLE

We started working with Jan in mid-February, 2022. We began by pitching podcasts and online outlets around the 40th anniversary of the wall and promoting Jan’s new website. Jan held an event at The Wall on March 26, 2022, which was the official anniversary of the groundbreaking for the wall. We sent out press releases around the event and secured coverage with three local D.C. television stations and three online outlets. 

We continued to work with Jan through Memorial Day, 2022, when he held another event at The Wall. Overall, our campaign netted ten pieces of coverage on television, along with coverage on podcasts and online outlets. Most importantly, Jan’s story appeared on AARP.com on May 23, 2022.

Appearances, Features & More
Where You've Seen Him

Examples of some of the coverage Jan has gained while working with us . . .

Guest Blog Interview

Jan was interviewed by AARP for an article discussing how the memorial to veterans changed his life.

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Guest Blog Interview

Jan was featured in Yahoo! Finance about his lifelong friendship with another veteran who saved him and how it impacted the rest of his life.

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Event Coverage

Jan’s event commemorating the 40th anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial groundbreaking was covered by Audacy.

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TV Appearance

Jan was interviewed by WDVM where he shared his story and more about the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial.

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TV Appearance

Jan was interviewed by KVVU with his friend Jimmy Mosconis about their longtime friendship and how Jimmy saved his life, and the impact that had on his pursuit of founding The Vietnam Memorial Wall.

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