Vietnam Veterans Memorial
| Vietnam Veterans Memorial | |
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 Visitors at the wall in January 2005 | |
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| Location | Washington, D.C., United States |
| Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
| Visitors | 3,799,968 (in 2006) |
| Website | Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
| Architect: | Maya Lin |
| NRHP Reference#: | 01000285[1] |
| Added to NRHP: | November 13, 1982 |
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, also called the Wall, honors the men and women who died in the Vietnam War. It is a black granite wall which has the names of every American killed in the war. It was designed by Maya Lin in 1981 and is in Washington, DC.
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Media
An aerial photograph of The Wall taken on April 26, 2002, by the United States Geological Survey. The dots visible along the length of the angled wall are visitors. For a satellite view of the Wall in relation to other monuments, see Constitution Gardens.
The monument's eastern portion points towards the Washington Monument
One panel of The Wall, displaying some of the names of fallen U.S. service members from the Vietnam War
The Main Navy and Munitions Building site, with the Munitions buildings behind the Navy building
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall with Christmas ornaments
A U.S. Marine at Vietnam Veterans Memorial on July 4, 2002
Various items left at "The Wall".
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Moving Wall at Mount Trashmore Park in Virginia
The Wall That Heals at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2016
Sources
- ↑ National Register Information System. National Register of Historic Places (July 9, 2010)National Park Service.
