Essay Archive - Vietnam War Memorial - Powerful Granite
Vietnam War Memorial - Powerful Granite
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. On the face of the memorial there is a list of all those who
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