The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, DC is made up of two nearly 250 foot (75 m) long black granite walls that meet at an angle of about 125 degrees. Inscribed on the Wall are the names of those Americans who died in the Vietnam War. As of 2002, there are 58,226 names.
These walls are sunk into the ground with the top flush with the earth behind them. At the highest point (the apex where they meet), they are 10.1 feet (3 m) high, and they taper to a height of 8 inches (20 cm) at their extremities. Granite for the wall came from Bangalore India. One wall points toward the Washington Monument, the other in the direction of the Lincoln Memorial. There is a pathway along the base of the Wall, where visitors walk, read the names, make a pencil rubbing of a particular name, or pray.
The Memorial was designed by Maya Ling Lin, a 21 year old Yale architecture student. She submitted the winning design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in a national competition.
On May 6, 1981 a jury of architects and sculptors unanimously selected Lin's design for the memorial from 1,421 other entries. Ground breaking was held on March 26, 1982 with dedication of the memorial on November 13, 1982. Her design was for the central element of the monument, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial wall.
Common misspelling and questions (FAQ)
ietnam-veterans-memorial vetnam-veterans-memorial vitnam-veterans-memorial vienam-veterans-memorial vietam-veterans-memorial vietnm-veterans-memorial vietna-veterans-memorial vietnamveterans-memorial vietnam-eterans-memorial vietnam-vterans-memorial vietnam-veerans-memorial vietnam-vetrans-memorial vietnam-veteans-memorial vietnam-veterns-memorial vietnam-veteras-memorial vietnam-veteran-memorial vietnam-veteransmemorial vietnam-veterans-emorial vietnam-veterans-mmorial vietnam-veterans-meorial vietnam-veterans-memrial vietnam-veterans-memoial vietnam-veterans-memoral vietnam-veterans-memoril vietnam-veterans-memoria ivetnam-veterans-memorial veitnam-veterans-memorial vitenam-veterans-memorial vientam-veterans-memorial vietanm-veterans-memorial vietnma-veterans-memorial vietna-mveterans-memorial vietnamv-eterans-memorial vietnam-evterans-memorial vietnam-vteerans-memorial vietnam-veetrans-memorial vietnam-vetreans-memorial vietnam-vetearns-memorial vietnam-veternas-memorial vietnam-veterasn-memorial vietnam-veteran-smemorial vietnam-veteransm-emorial vietnam-veterans-emmorial vietnam-veterans-mmeorial vietnam-veterans-meomrial vietnam-veterans-memroial vietnam-veterans-memoiral vietnam-veterans-memorail vietnam-veterans-memorila vietnam-veterans-memoria vvietnam-veterans-memorial viietnam-veterans-memorial vieetnam-veterans-memorial viettnam-veterans-memorial vietnnam-veterans-memorial vietnaam-veterans-memorial vietnamm-veterans-memorial vietnam--veterans-memorial vietnam-vveterans-memorial vietnam-veeterans-memorial vietnam-vetterans-memorial vietnam-veteerans-memorial vietnam-veterrans-memorial vietnam-veteraans-memorial vietnam-veteranns-memorial vietnam-veteranss-memorial vietnam-veterans--memorial vietnam-veterans-mmemorial vietnam-veterans-meemorial vietnam-veterans-memmorial vietnam-veterans-memoorial vietnam-veterans-memorrial vietnam-veterans-memoriial vietnam-veterans-memoriaal vietnam-veterans-memoriall fietnam-veterans-memorial cietnam-veterans-memorial gietnam-veterans-memorial gietnam-veterans-memorial bietnam-veterans-memorial v8etnam-veterans-memorial vuetnam-veterans-memorial vjetnam-veterans-memorial v9etnam-veterans-memorial vketnam-veterans-memorial v9etnam-veterans-memorial voetnam-veterans-memorial vketnam-veterans-memorial vi3tnam-veterans-memorial viwtnam-veterans-memorial vistnam-veterans-memorial vi4tnam-veterans-memorial vidtnam-veterans-memorial vi4tnam-veterans-memorial virtnam-veterans-memorial vidtnam-veterans-memorial vie5nam-veterans-memorial viernam-veterans-memorial viefnam-veterans-memorial vie6nam-veterans-memorial viegnam-veterans-memorial vie6nam-veterans-memorial vieynam-veterans-memorial viegnam-veterans-memorial vietham-veterans-memorial vietbam-veterans-memorial vietjam-veterans-memorial vietjam-veterans-memorial vietmam-veterans-memorial vietnqm-veterans-memorial vietnwm-veterans-memorial vietnzm-veterans-memorial vietnwm-veterans-memorial vietnsm-veterans-memorial vietnzm-veterans-memorial vietnaj-veterans-memorial vietnan-veterans-memorial vietnak-veterans-memorial vietnak-veterans-memorial vietna,-veterans-memorial vietnam0veterans-memorial vietnampveterans-memorial vietnam[veterans-memorial vietnam-feterans-memorial vietnam-ceterans-memorial vietnam-geterans-memorial vietnam-geterans-memorial vietnam-beterans-memorial vietnam-v3terans-memorial vietnam-vwterans-memorial vietnam-vsterans-memorial vietnam-v4terans-memorial vietnam-vdterans-memorial vietnam-v4terans-memorial vietnam-vrterans-memorial vietnam-vdterans-memorial vietnam-ve5erans-memorial vietnam-vererans-memorial vietnam-veferans-memorial vietnam-ve6erans-memorial vietnam-vegerans-memorial vietnam-ve6erans-memorial vietnam-veyerans-memorial vietnam-vegerans-memorial vietnam-vet3rans-memorial vietnam-vetwrans-memorial vietnam-vetsrans-memorial vietnam-vet4rans-memorial vietnam-vetdrans-memorial vietnam-vet4rans-memorial vietnam-vetrrans-memorial vietnam-vetdrans-memorial vietnam-vete4ans-memorial vietnam-veteeans-memorial vietnam-vetedans-memorial vietnam-vete5ans-memorial vietnam-vetefans-memorial vietnam-vete5ans-memorial vietnam-vetetans-memorial vietnam-vetefans-memorial vietnam-veterqns-memorial vietnam-veterwns-memorial vietnam-veterzns-memorial vietnam-veterwns-memorial vietnam-vetersns-memorial vietnam-veterzns-memorial vietnam-veterahs-memorial vietnam-veterabs-memorial vietnam-veterajs-memorial vietnam-veterajs-memorial vietnam-veterams-memorial vietnam-veteranw-memorial vietnam-veterana-memorial vietnam-veteranz-memorial vietnam-veterane-memorial vietnam-veteranx-memorial vietnam-veterane-memorial vietnam-veterand-memorial vietnam-veteranx-memorial vietnam-veterans0memorial vietnam-veteranspmemorial vietnam-veterans[memorial vietnam-veterans-jemorial vietnam-veterans-nemorial vietnam-veterans-kemorial vietnam-veterans-kemorial vietnam-veterans-,emorial vietnam-veterans-m3morial vietnam-veterans-mwmorial vietnam-veterans-msmorial vietnam-veterans-m4morial vietnam-veterans-mdmorial vietnam-veterans-m4morial vietnam-veterans-mrmorial vietnam-veterans-mdmorial vietnam-veterans-mejorial vietnam-veterans-menorial vietnam-veterans-mekorial vietnam-veterans-mekorial vietnam-veterans-me,orial vietnam-veterans-mem9rial vietnam-veterans-memirial vietnam-veterans-memkrial vietnam-veterans-mem0rial vietnam-veterans-memlrial vietnam-veterans-mem0rial vietnam-veterans-memprial vietnam-veterans-memlrial vietnam-veterans-memo4ial vietnam-veterans-memoeial vietnam-veterans-memodial vietnam-veterans-memo5ial vietnam-veterans-memofial vietnam-veterans-memo5ial vietnam-veterans-memotial vietnam-veterans-memofial vietnam-veterans-memor8al vietnam-veterans-memorual vietnam-veterans-memorjal vietnam-veterans-memor9al vietnam-veterans-memorkal vietnam-veterans-memor9al vietnam-veterans-memoroal vietnam-veterans-memorkal vietnam-veterans-memoriql vietnam-veterans-memoriwl vietnam-veterans-memorizl vietnam-veterans-memoriwl vietnam-veterans-memorisl vietnam-veterans-memorizl vietnam-veterans-memoriao vietnam-veterans-memoriak vietnam-veterans-memoria, vietnam-veterans-memoriap vietnam-veterans-memoria. vietnam-veterans-memoriap vietnam-veterans-memoria; vietnam-veterans-memoria. vyetnam-veterans-memorial veitnam-veterans-memorial vieynam-veterans-memorial vietynam-veterans-memorial vietnam-veterans-memorialsIn their day and generation, they served and honored the whole country. Mr. President, I shall enter upon no encomium upon Massachusetts; she needs history; the world knows it by heart. The past, at least, is secure. There remain forever. The bones of her sons, fallen in the great struggle for to Georgia; and there they will lie forever. And, sir, where American sustained, there it still lives, in the strength of its manhood, and full strife and blind ambition shall hawk and tear it; if folly and madness, if separating it from that Union by which alone its existence is made infancy was rocked; it will stretch forth its arm, with whatever vigor it last, if fall it must, amidst the proudest monuments of its own glory and deep conviction, that, since it respects nothing less than THE UNION OF THE happiness. I profess, sir, in my career hitherto, to have kept steadily in our federal Union. It is to that Union we owe our safety at home and our indebted for whatever makes us most proud of our country. That Union we reached only by the discipline of our virtues in the severe finance, prostrate commerce, and ruined credit, Under its benign sprang forth with newness of.