Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund

young age of twenty-one. The contest was to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in Washington,D.C. She did extensive research for the wall on subjects ranging from cultural memorials through out history to soldiers journals from World War I. The completion of the wall turned out to be her breaking moment in the world of art. After creating her visionary Vietnam Veterans Memorial she suffered much controversy and criticism. Many Veterans believed her simple black wall with listed names was a

hypothetically possible to create a monument to anything, some of the nation’s greatest monuments, including the Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial, 9/11 Memorial, and the Lincoln Memorial, were created because the subjects were carefully vetted and deemed worthy. It is hard to find a citizen of the United States that feels the 9/11 attacks do not deserve a memorial, however, there are many monuments today that are up for debate, and most likely should’ve had more consideration of the subject before

contain less words they often have a more powerful appeal. Komunyakaa was especially influenced by jazz and the time that he served in the Vietnam War. He creates his poem February In Sydney to mimic that freedom that he felt through jazz similar to that of meditation. In Facing it he bases the poem on flashbacks of the war while visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Common themes of komunyakaa's poems include black resilience, jazz, and wartime appeal. In February in Sydney He opens the poem with

waves of controversy in 1981 when she won a competition for the design of the Monument for the Veterans of the Vietnam War in Washington (Artist/Architect Maya Lin: Creating Epic, Earth-Friendly Designs | IIP Digital, 2016). Although her design, unconventional and dramatic, a wall of black granite in the shape of the letter V, with engravings of US soldiers’ names who were killed, was criticized by some veterans, currently the monument by Lin is regarded as one of the most dynamic and iconic monuments

black, reflective wall, sinking down into the earth became known as the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. The author of the passage, Brent Ashabranner, chose the title, “Always to Remember: The Vision of Maya Ying Lin,” because of the Vietnam Memorial’s special effect on the nation that will never be forgotten, and the way that Maya Ying Lin took the opportunity to create a vision that paid tribute to those who were lost in the Vietnam War. Ashabranner chose the first

Unique Design of the Vietnam War Memorial At the age of twenty one, a female undergraduate at Yale University named Maya Lin submitted her design for the Vietnam Memorial. Her idea for the memorial was extremely unique and controversial. After long discussions by a panel, it was chosen for construction. The design that she submitted was one that was very different in comparison to other memorials, and it was one that has a tendency to leave a lot of questions on the minds of the visitors

monument. For instance the Lincoln Memorial was built on the National Mall, in Washington D.C., a place that is practically a “pilgrimage site”, as said by Kirk Savage in his book Monument Wars (source A). The purpose of the monuments built on the National Mall are to bring about a symbolic aura for the government. The Lincoln Memorial brings this aura by honoring America’s “greatest president of all time”, in the nation’s capitol. Along with Lincoln’s memorial, you have the Constitution Gardens

are some of the most prevalent emotions in literature. In his poem, “Facing It,” Yusef Komunyakaa tells his experience with war and how it has affected him. The poem begins with the author experiencing a loss of identity as he is at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Then, he experiences nostalgia whilst reminiscing his past. Lastly, he experiences flashbacks that deter his ability to distinguish the past from the present. Komunyakaa wastes no time in loading his poem with themes. He touches on grief

matters of interest in the society. For example, “Facing It” by Yusef Kommunyakaa is a poetic response to the Vietnam War Memorial. The author uses the poem to highlight his feelings about the memorial that also shows his personal attachment to it. The title of the poem indicates his deep reflection on the event, and an attempt to express and confront the deep feelings he has about the Vietnam War. A close reading of the poem shows that the poet uses certain literary styles to achieve his aim. I

Komunyakaa, he himself is the one who is speaking, the poem is about his own life experience at the Vietnam Memorial. The way a person can tell if the own poet of the poem is the speaker is by the use of “I”, or first person throughout the poem. In this case, the poet uses words like “I” and “I’m” that support the fact that he is the speaker. The Vietnam War was a Historical event taken place in Vietnam, Laos, and Cambodia. Which was one of the first war that African Americans were integrated with White