The towering granite tribute to fallen soldiers of a controversial war was the result of a design contest won by a ...

The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial is dedicated on Veterans' Day, 1982. There is general critical acclaim for the clarity of Lin's vision. The statue and flag are installed two years later ...

Maya Lin is a contemporary Asian-American artist and architect best known for her powerful Vietnam Veterans Memorial (1982) in Washington, D.C. Incorporating both industrial materials and altercations ...

Sponsor: National Veterans Memorial and Museum For those who lived through the Vietnam era, the homecoming for many service members was far from the hero’s welcome they deserved. Today, the ...

LAKE CHARLES, La. (KPLC) - Over 800 Louisiana residents lost their lives in the Vietnam war. on march 29, they will be remembered with the unveiling of a new monument in Lake Charles. Al Cochran was a ...

One of the most moving war memorials, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial – or "the Wall," as it's commonly referred to – is a long black granite wall with the names of more than 58,000 Americans ...

The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial is dedicated on Veterans' Day, 1982. There is general critical acclaim for the clarity of Lin's vision. The statue and flag are installed two years later ...

When I won the competition to design the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, it was anonymous. You were a number. I was 1026. To this day I have to wonder, had my name been out there, would that have made ...