Vietnam Veterans Memorial facts for kids
Quick facts for kids Vietnam Veterans Memorial |
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![]() Visitors at the wall in January 2005
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Location | Washington, D.C., United States |
Area | 2 acres (0.81 ha) |
Established | November 13, 1982 |
Visitors | 3,799,968 (in 2006) |
Governing body | National Park Service |
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U.S. National Monument
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Architect | Maya Lin |
NRHP reference No. | 01000285 |
Added to NRHP | November 13, 1982 |
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial, also called the Wall, honors the men and women who died in the Vietnam War. It is a black granite wall which has the names of every American killed in the war. It was designed by Maya Lin in 1981 and is in Washington, DC.
Images for kids
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"The Wall That Heals" at the LBJ Presidential Library in 2016
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An aerial photograph of "The Wall" taken on April 26, 2002, by the United States Geological Survey. The dots visible along the length of the angled wall are visitors. For a satellite view of the Wall in relation to other monuments, see Constitution Gardens.

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