Vietnam Veterans Memorial History

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Banks Jaquith
English
Carter/ Morrison 8-5
18 April 2017
Vietnam Veterans Memorial
       In the Vietnam Veterans Memorial there are many things to see. In the Vietnam Memorial there is history of how the wall was made, why the wall was built, why some women are on the wall, and shows us the casualties of the Vietnam War.
         The Vietnam Veterans Memorial was built in November 13, 1982 in Washington D.C. “On March 11, 1982, the design and plans received final Federal approval, and work at the site was begun on March 16, 1982. Groundbreaking took place on March 26, 1982. The Gilbane Building Company acted as the general contractor, and the architectural firm of Cooper-Lecky Partnership  supervised the construction. The Memorial was completed …show more content…

"The official name of the Memorial is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. It is sometimes referred to as the VVM.”(“Wall”) The VVM is the most common way people refer to it. The VVM announced “in October, 1980, that the Memorial's design would be selected through a national design competition open to any U.S. citizen 18 years of age or older. By December 29, 1980, 2,573 individuals and teams had applied for registration forms. By the deadline of March 31, 1981, 1,421 design entries had been submitted. All entries were judged anonymously by a jury of eight internationally recognized artists and designers, who had been selected by VVMF. The winning design was chosen on May 1, 1981. The designs were displayed at an airport hangar at Andrews Air Force Base for the selection committee, in rows covering more than 35,000 square feet of floor space. Each entry was identified by number only, to preserve the anonymity of their authors. All entries were examined by each juror; the entries were narrowed down to 232, finally 39.”(“Wall”) The judges varied from wide ranges. “The judges included two landscape architects, two structural architects, an expert on urban development and landscape, and three sculptors. …show more content…

The main reason the history of the wall is important is so we know that people who died fighting for a country are honored for what they died and not punished. The importance of the reason why it was built is so we know that we can always see that people have fought and died for us. The importance of why women are on the wall is so we don’t think that women didn’t do anything in the war while they played a big part. The importance of knowing the casualties in the war is we know that we are honored to be apart of the United States and have people willing to die for us

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