The memorial is located in Washington D.C. and is visited by many people. Maya Lin constructed the design in 1982 and dedicated it also. It is a memorial to those who served in the Vietnam War, both living and dead.
It is sometimes referred to as “the Wall,” and it included three pieces all together. There is the wall itself, the statue, and the flag. The surface of the memorial is made of polished black granite that came from India. It has more than 58,000 names on it. The individual names are of the service-men and women who were killed during that time. A lot of the names are people who are missing in action.
The Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial is shaped like a large letter V. All of the names on the surface of it begin at one end of the wall and they are listed in chronological order of their individual deaths. It stands at 10 feet and 3 inches tall, in the very middle of the memorial. The total length of the wall is 493 feet and 6 inches. There are 70 separate panels for each wall and each one has 5 to 6 names on each line. It cost 4,284,000 dollars to build this memorial. It is an amazing place for people to go to, so that they can have sense of healing for the loved ones that were taken during the Vietnam War.
I agree the memorial is a place for healing for some. Especially for those who's family were never found in which do not have a site, such as a grave, to visit their loved ones. I only wish there could be a memorial in each state so that families of those who served in war had easier access to such a memorial.
ReplyDeleteI posted a blog that covers this same topic. It's great to know that the US will always have memorials that remember the great and the fallen who out their lives on the line for the country that they love. Without the military, the world would be a terrible place. I've visited the memorial during a summer vacation once, and I'll never forget it.
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