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The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, commonly called the Vietnam Memorial, is a U.S. national memorial in Washington, D.C., honoring service members of the U.S. armed forces who served in the Vietnam War. The two-acre (8,100 m 2 ) site is dominated by two black granite walls engraved with the names of those service members who died or remain missing ...
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., is particularly known for the leaving of offerings to the deceased; items left are collected by the National Park Service and archived. Members of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints perform posthumous baptisms and other rituals for their dead ancestors, along with those of other ...
Unveiled on Veterans Day, November 11, 1984, [1] on the National Mall in Washington, D.C., it is part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial [2] commemorating the Vietnam War. [3] It was the first representation of an African American on the National Mall .
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, in Washington, D.C. Vietnam Women's Memorial, adjacent; Vietnam Memorial of Los Angeles County, Grand Park, Los Angeles, CA. Vietnam Veterans Memorial (The Wall-USA), an online memorial; Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Wesley Bolin Memorial Plaza, Phoenix, Arizona [4] Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bridge, Baltimore
The Vietnam Women's Memorial is a memorial dedicated to the nurses and women of the United States who served in the Vietnam War. It depicts three uniformed women with a wounded male soldier to symbolize the support and caregiving roles that women played in the war as nurses and other specialists.
Like most cultures, Vietnamese culture includes beliefs and rituals that show respect for the dead. Vietnamese culture calls for a proper burial and it is believed that if this does not occur, the soul of the deceased continues to wander the earth thus becoming a "Wandering Soul," a ghost or spirit.
U.S. State Dept. spokesperson Matthew Miller in Washington offered condolences to the families of the dead. He said the U.S. is closely monitoring the situation and would communicate with local ...
Vietnam Veteran Throwing Medal at the U.S. Capital. On April 23, 1971 Vietnam Veterans Against the War staged what was arguably "one of the most dramatic and influential events of the antiwar movement" as hundreds of Vietnam veterans, dressed in combat fatigues and well worn uniforms, stepped up, and angrily, one after another for three straight hours, hurled their military medals, ribbons ...