Hi Bill, To some of us, the Vietnam Veteran's War Memorial is a lot more meaningful than Pink Floyd.
For your future reference... In the '60's, the USA engaged in a War in Vietnam. It was contriversial at home and abroad... and we lost the war. A generation of young people, those who served and those who did not, were effected. 58,000 US soldiers were killed in the war. Many of the returning veterans were treated poorly, suffering blame for the war. Many years later, after we in the USA had come to terms with our negative feelings about the war, we sought a way to honor those who served and those who gave their lives in this war. A competition was set-up for the design of a memorial to be placed in a prominent place in our capitol city. Most people expected a memorial statue(s) depicting soldiers dressed for combat struggling to overcome some adversity. We had done this for the vets from World War II and Korea. A young woman of oriental ethnicity won the competition. She was an architecture student, I believe. Her design was extreemly contriversial and elegant. She suggested a semi-circular wall, criticized as a jagged scar in the earth, of some 140 polished granite panels with a walkway in front. The panels are in cronological order. On each panel are inscribed the names of those US service men who died in the conflict during a particular time. The wall starts low down, with 5 or 6 names and grows to 6 feet tall at the height of our persuit of the war. Ultimately, the wall shrinks back down to 15 or so names in the last month of conflict. It has been a very moving memorial for those who lived thru those times, and 1/2 scale replicas have toured the USA. The memorial is unique and very somber. Families, friends, relatives and surviving veterans come to the wall to search out the names of their loved ones and feel some connection to them. They leave flowers, notes, and other trinkets to honor the dead. After having seen it for myself, I can say there is nowhere else that comes to mind when someone says 'the wall'. Sincerely, Bob S. [EMAIL PROTECTED] writes: > > Pink Floyd? > > I wanted some information on the Vietnam Vets War Memorial > > in Washington DC- I understand that it's popularly > > called "The Wall" > > Sorry if I didn't make myself a little clearer- as far > > as I knew, there was only ONE wall; wrong generation I > > guess :)) > > Not surprised you got the wrong answer. Pink Floyd is > far more meaningful to most people than the above > mentioned wall (which I had only vaguely heard of, I > might add). > William Robb - This message is from the Pentax-Discuss Mail List. To unsubscribe, go to http://www.pdml.net and follow the directions. Don't forget to visit the Pentax Users' Gallery at http://pug.komkon.org .
