Vietnam

Memorial

Introduction	Video	Pictures
Intersting Facts	Links	Biblography

Introduction
The Vietnam Memorial is a national memorial in Washington D.C. It honors the service members and the people who fought in the Vietnam War. On the wall it lists all the names of the people that died and those who are missing in action. The memorial consists of three diffrent parts, the three soliders statue, the service women, and the wall its self. The memorial was inspired by Jan Scruggs, an infantryman who served in the Vietnam War. The memorial was designed by Maya Lin and was completed in 1982.

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Pictures


the wall


service women






Service Men







The wall at night











Intersting  facts

• on March 16, 1982 the wall began being built
• the Vietnam Memorial was accepted by the President of the United States on November 10, 1984
• the cost for the wall was a little over eight million dollars and all the money was donated
• the criteria for the design of the memorial-

1. be reflective and contemplative in character
2. harmonize with its surroundings
3. contain  the names of those who had died in the conflict or who were still missing
4. make no political statment of the war

• the winning prizes for the design of the wall was $50,000, and they also recived a commission to assist the Architect of Record in developoing the design for construction
• there are 58,267 names on the wall

Links
for additional information go to-

 http://dc.about.com/od/monuments/p/VietnamMemorial.htm

http://vietnam-veterans-memorial.visit-washington-dc.com/

Biblography





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Allison O'toole
8th grade
st.gabriel school
louisville, ky
3/29/11