The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, USA 9/2006. The memorial is composed of two adjoining walls. Each wall is 246 feet 9 inches ( m) long and is composed of 72 black granite panels that are polished to a high finish. Seventy of the panels on each wall are inscribed with the names of the men and women being honored. The walls taper from 8 inches (200 mm) tall at their extremities to feet ( m) tall at the apex where they meet, their bottom edges descending below the level of the surrounding earth while their top edges stay level.
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, USA 9/1999. The memorial is composed of two adjoining walls. Each wall is 246 feet 9 inches ( m) long and is composed of 72 black granite panels that are polished to a high finish. Seventy of the panels on each wall are inscribed with the names of the men and women being honored. The walls taper from 8 inches (200 mm) tall at their extremities to feet ( m) tall at the apex where they meet, their bottom edges descending below the level of the surrounding earth while their top edges stay level. As such, visitors walking the length of the memorial start at ground level, descend below it, and ascend back to ground level. This is symbolic of 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. The stone for the 144 panels was quarried in Bangalore, India.
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Location: Washington, USA
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Keywords: memorial, sculptures, servicemen, statue, veterans, vietnam, wall, war
