Vietnam Veteran's Memorial
Washington
Washington DC
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Website: http://www.nps.gov/vive/
Show MapDeliberately setting aside the controversies of the war the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honours the men and women who served when their Nation called upon them. The designer, Maya Lin, felt that “the politics had eclipsed the veterans, their service and their lives.” She kept the design elegantly simple to “allow everyone to respond and remember.”
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from: £759 5 days/3 nights View »Deliberately setting aside the controversies of the war the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honours the men and women who served when their Nation called upon them. The designer, Maya Lin, felt that “the politics had eclipsed the veterans, their service and their lives.” She kept the design elegantly simple to “allow everyone to respond and remember.”
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