Vietnam Veterans Memorial, A Reflective Wall of Honor and Remembrance
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Henry Bacon Drive Northwest, Monumental Core, Foggy Bottom, Washington, District of Columbia, 20520, United States of America
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Introduction
Visitors to Washington D.C. will surely visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial located in a small grove north of the Lincoln Memorial. This memorial, also known as the Vietnam War Memorial, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, the Memorial to the 58,000 Fallen, and the Wall That Heals, is located in the Constitution Gardens in the center of the U.S. capital. The design of this memorial is quite unconventional, featuring a downward sloping crescent shape with over 58,000 names of fallen officers and soldiers etched onto a black granite wall that stretches over 200 meters long. It is one of the few memorials in the world that lists all the members' names.
In front of the memorial, there is a group of male soldier sculptures, and at the end of the wall, there is a group of female soldier sculptures. The whole memorial exudes a heavy and solemn atmosphere. Interestingly, the designer of this memorial was a Chinese-American woman named Maya Lin, who was a fourth-year architecture student at Yale University at the time and also the niece of the famous Chinese architects Liang Sicheng and Lin Huiyin. Address Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Henry Bacon Drive Northwest, Monumental Core, Foggy Bottom, Washington, District of Columbia, 20520, United States of America
Transportation Take the Blue or Orange line of the subway to Smithsonian Metro Station, and walk west along the National Mall for 20 minutes to reach your destination.
The longest war in American history
