One wall points to the Washington Monument, the other to the Lincoln Memorial, meeting at an angle of 125° 12′. The stone for the 144 panels was quarried in Bangalore, India. Symbolically, this is described as a 'wound that is closed and healing' and exemplifies the Land art movement of the 1960s which produced sculptures that sought to reconnect with the natural environment. At their highest point (the apex where they meet), they are 10.1 feet (3.1 m) tall, and they taper to a height of 8 inches (200 mm) at their extremities. National Park Service) The walls are sunken into the ground, with the earth behind them. The monument's eastern portion points towards the Washington Monument Memorial Wall Įach wall of the Memorial is 246-foot-9-inch (75.21 m) long and composed of 72 black granite panels, 70 of which are inscribed, polished to a high finish, with the names of the men and women being honored Vietnam Veterans Memorial (U.S. As a national memorial, it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

In 2007, it was ranked tenth on the ' List of America's Favorite Architecture' by the American Institute of Architects. The Memorial Wall was designed by American architect Maya Lin. It is maintained by the National Park Service and receives around three million visitors each year. The memorial is in Constitution Gardens, adjacent to the National Mall and just northeast of the Lincoln Memorial. The Wall, completed in 1982, has since been supplemented with the statue Three Soldiers in 1984 and the Vietnam Women's Memorial in 1993. The two-acre (8,100 m 2) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or remain missing as a result of their service in Vietnam and South East Asia during the war.

armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S.

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