What was one reason for the creation of the vietnam veterans memorial?

Answer 1

During the '70's, an era when EVERYBODY wanted to forget the war...Viet Vet Jan Scruggs, formerly an infantryman in Vietnam, wanted the United States to "Remember" the men who died in Vietnam; since no one else wanted to.

So he gathered other Vietnam Vets, and lobbied Congress for a plot of land to place a monument. They then gathered PRIVATE donations. With the land & the funding, they ran a design competition-which resulted in one of the most arresting and compelling memorials in Washington DC. The wall was built & dedicated in 1982.

According to the National Parks Service:

Deliberately setting aside the controversies of the war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors 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.

The memorial's construction and related issues have been the source of controversies, some of which have resulted in additions to the memorial complex. The memorial currently consists of three separate parts: the Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam Women's Memorial, and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which is the best-known part of the memorial.

Answer 2

This structure is erected in the U.S capital Washington D.C which was built on Nov 13th 1982. In 1971, the Vietnam Veterans Peace and Brotherhood Chapel in New Mexico was built. It was built just to commemorate a group of soldiers who dies in a ambush. On July 1, 1980, the US govt alloted 3 acres of land in commemoration for the victory at Saigon on April 30, 1975. The construction began on March 25, 1982 and was officially completed Nov 1th, 1982. On the same day, the dedication to the memorial was held. It came to be known as The Vietnam Memorial.

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Answer 3

The monument's importance is up to those who visit it to decide for themselves.

Historically, the Vietnam War was extremely controversial while it was going on, especially because it was a war in which the US had little to gain except the philosophical containment of communism, and men were being drafted into the army to serve and were being killed.

The monument shows the names of each soldier who was killed or went missing during the war in chronological order, a reminder that they are real people with names, not just a number. The polished granite stone is reflective, almost mirror-like, giving an illusion (possibly unintended) of ghosts walking by as visitors pass by the monument.

Answer 4

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was created to honor those who served in the Vietnam war. The memorial is made of the famed Wall of names, and a statue of three unidentifiable men, as well as a memorial dedicated to the women of the war.

Answer 5

the Lincoln memorial is important because president Lincoln was an honored president

and has 2 of his best know speeches are printed on the walls of this memorial

-jean

Answer 6

its important cause it honors the soldiers who died fighting for us in the war.

Answer 7

the Abraham Lincoln monument and the dc monument