Vietnam War Memorial Persuasive Speech

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Have you ever been to any of our fantastic memorials to the most famous, historic people? They are all very marvelous sights to see, like the Robert E Lee memorial in the Arlington national cemetery, or the Vietnam war memorial, with the fiftyseven thousand nine hundred thirtynine names engraved on the walls. Well, they aren’t as great, and marvelous as you think… Let me tell you why.
Now, before you say I’m against the United states, and its rich historical moments. Let me explain that I believe in everything this country has done, and stands for, but don’t you think it’s not wise to spend massive amounts of money on statues of our historic moments, or a tomb of three people, who we don't even know their identities as well as, in my opinion …show more content…

The cost to build some of the memorials can be outrageous! The most costly memorial was $221.4 million dollars. Want to guess which memorial it was? You guessed it the World War two memorial? Come on $221.4
MILLION dollars that could of been used so much better.
Next, We can’t stop the government from sinking massive amounts of money into these memorials, But can they please do better with the upkeep of the memorials? Why spend all the money on something you aren’t going to take care of? When I made a trip to Washington D.C. ,
I visited most of the memorials, and what I saw were a lot of wore out, old, and poorly taken care of, once great memorials. The reflecting pool, for example, the cement was cracked, and falling apart, the entire place was infested with geese, and the worst part, the reflection pool looked like the gulf of mexico after their second oil spill. It was nasty, and smelled like death! So my quandary for you is, why would we waste all the time, money, and resources for something we aren’t even going to tend to?
The monuments that have been built are some of the greatest creations i’ve ever seen, I don’t believe that they should be torn down, but I think our government should stop for a moment,

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