National memorial dominated by a black granite wall engraved with the names of those service members who died as a result of their service in Vietnam and South East Asia
General Information
Head southeast on Scott Cir NW toward Rhode Island Ave NW. Exit the traffic circle onto Rhode Island Ave NW. Use the left lane to turn slightly right onto M St NW. Turn left at the 2nd cross street onto 19th St NW. Turn right onto Constitution Ave. NW. Use the left 2 lanes to turn left onto Henry Bacon Dr NW.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Constitution Gardens, northeast of the Lincoln Memorial, honors the U.S. service members who fought in the Vietnam War, with about 3 million visitors a year. Maya Lin designed The Wall (completed 1982), two sunken black granite walls, each 246 feet long, meeting at a 125-degree angle and rising to 10.1 feet at the apex, with the names of those who died or remain missing engraved on 140 panels. It was ranked tenth on the AIA's 2007 list of America's favorite architecture.
Also on the Site
- The Three Servicemen: a bronze statue of three soldiers, identifiable as European American, African American, and Hispanic American, facing the wall
- Vietnam Women's Memorial: three uniformed women with a wounded soldier, honoring the women who served, mostly nurses
- In Memory Plaque (2004): honoring veterans who died after the war from injuries suffered in Vietnam
This article uses material from the Wikipedia article "Vietnam Veterans Memorial", which is released under the Creative Commons Attribution-Share-Alike License 3.0
-1000.jpg)
.jpg){kind=link}