Maya Lin's Vietnam Servicemen Memorial

The artist of the memorial, Maya Lin, is an American of Asian descent who is famous for her sculptures and land art. Her most famous work, the Vietnam Memorial, was chosen in a contest, and her designs both mesmerized and angered many people. Since them, works and designs she has created for competitions have been mainly memorials and remembrances based on historical events. Her works are intended to use the natural texture and geology of the space around the monument to its advantage in its creation.

The memorial has a V-shape. One end pointing the Washington Monument, to remind us the unity of our nation while the other end pointing to the Lincoln Memorial that signifies the Civil War when our nation was divided into two.

These memorials are in memory of the fallen soldiers and sometimes the soldiers that made it out alive.

The group, which includes three World War II veterans, eight Korean War veterans and 13 Vietnam War veterans, will visit the Washington Monument Sunday morning before coming back to Shreve.

The Memorial Union and Gold Star Hall was opened in 1928 to display the names of those who had lost their life to the war. You also notice the limestone with the World War Two names as well. As war continues on, names get added on to repressed what they did for this country and for this school. Benches are below all the names so you can sit and look around and remember all the people who's names cover the walls.

The location of a monument is an important factor that should be considered when building the monument. Maya Lin, designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., said that “The two walls were positioned so that one pointed to the Lincoln Memorial and the other pointed to the Washington Monument” (Lin). The two walls essentially link the two symbols for the county to create unity between the past and present (Lin). By specifically

The Korean War Veterans Memorial is a monument that stood out the most to me while visiting Washington D.C with my fellow nursing students. Residing on the National Mall, southeast of the Lincoln Memorial and south of the Reflecting Pool, the Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated to the 5.8 million Americans that served and sacrificed in the Korean War. During its relatively short duration from June 25, 1950 to July 27, 1953, 36,374 Americans died in battle at the Korean War theater. In addition, 103, 284 were wounded during the conflict. The Korean War is noted as one of the most hard fought battle in our history. The U.S Congress approved the construction of the Korean War Veterans Memorial in 1985. It then broke ground on June 14, 1992 and on July 27,1995, The Korean War Veterans Memorial was dedicated. Cooper-Lecky Architects were responsible for the design of the memorial, as they oversaw collaboration between several designers. The most notable of these designers was Frank Gaylord, who is known for being responsible of the 19 stainless steel statues one can see in the park at any time of day.

The “Medal of Honor” monument sculpted by J. David Nunneley, is located in The Woodlands, Texas, in Town Green Park since May 25, 2007. The memorial monument is dedicated to soldiers born in Texas, who fought in WWI, WWII, Korea and Vietnam wars. It honors the bravery and the heroism of the selfless acts of valor of those fearless Texan Marines.

The proposed Vietnam Veteran Memorial design is disgraceful. The proposed design is a black wall sunk into a trench. In the article, Insulting Vietnam Vets, By Tom Carhart, he states, “... memorial is anti-heroic - a black hole… universal color of sorrow and dishonor. Hidden in a hole, as if in shame.” The design gives the memorial a dishonorable feel opposed to other memorials rising with victory in white marble, the universal color of purity. Either the material choice of black granite or the choice to have the memorial in the ground need to be revised in order to remove the disgraceful feel.

In Mary McLeod's essay, “The Battle for the Monument: The Vietnam Veterans Memorial”, McLeod establishes the importance of participation both during the competition and after being completed because it ultimately defined the design and function of Maya Lin's design. Right from the start, the VVM competition encouraged participation from the public. For example, the competition itself was open to anyone despite their level of experience. This led to a resounding success in terms of the number of entrants.

The Korean War Veterans Memorial comprises of various structures that respect the individuals who relinquished amid the three-year struggle that was the Korean War. The commemoration's painting divider is from a bird’s eye view; the divider shows up as an isosceles triangle, with the tip crossing a hover over the pool of remembrance. While a squadron of nineteen stainless steel figures, including individuals from each branch of the United States military, are arranged in the focal point of the memorial space. At the point when the 1,000-pound statues are pondered the rock divider, there seems, by all accounts, to be thirty three warriors, which speaks to the 38th parallel, the partitioning line of North and South Korea amid the contention. The Korean War Veterans Memorial likewise highlights a United Nations divider, which records each of the twenty-two individuals from the United Nations that added to the war endeavors and a rock divider that states "Freedom Is Not Free." This feeling mirrors the battle and give up of American officers in securing the freedom when battling abroad. There is a glance at the Pool of Remembrance, which has engravings that rundown the quantity of fighters executed, injured, lost without a trace and held as detainees

Whenever you hear national holiday you may think of it as a day off but it is so much more, a national holiday is a day where we honor and remember someone who has done something truly amazing to our nation, in a good way. For instance you have Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. day, which celebrates Dr. Martin Luther King Jr., He helped end discrimination in our nation. Or you have Presidents day which celebrates all of our presidents who have shaped our nation as we know it. So I am going to be writing about a group of people called the Monument Men of World War 2. They risked their lives to preserve art and educational materials. The reason why I mention them is because I think they should have their own national holiday because, they saved

The Vietnam War was a war that included the United States involvement. The United States fought in this war to stop communism. After almost 20 years, the war ended and the result was Vietnam was split into two parts, North and South Vietnam. North Vietnam was communist and South Vietnam was non-communist. Though this war ended, the American people who fought in this war were never forgotten. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was built in Washington D.C in 1982, to always remember the people who fought in the Vietnam War for the United States. This wall has approximately 58,000 names on it of those who died fighting in the war. One person who fought in the War was James Avery. Although his name is not on the wall because he died in 2013

During the initial design phase of the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, Maya Lin realized that there was a sense of healing that needed to be addressed within her work. She stated her understanding of the artistic problems with such an important work during the Bill Moyers interview. She said she realized that “There is a definite need for something. So, then you have to say, ‘What is it? What should that be?

The architect and sculptor Maya Lin is best known for designing the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. A long, angled wall of black granite engraved with soldiers’ names, the wall is revered for the power of its design. Both in this monument and in a later one, the Civil Rights Memorial, Lin used simple forms to create environments that draw people in and connect with them personally. She has said that she thinks of her work as “creating a private conversation with each person, no matter how public each work is and no matter how many people are present.”