Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national memorial in Washington DC. Its purpose is to honor U.S veterans that passed away during the Vietnam war. Its simplicity captures the pure essence of its meaning, because of how much meaning and emotion can derive from something so basic. The memorial consists of 58,195 names of veterans.The wall is made up of two 'gabbro' walls 246 feet 9 inches. The stone for the wall came from Bangalore, Karnataka, India and was deliberately chosen because of its reflective quality.When visitors pass by and look at the wall they are able to see their own reflections as well as the names which are engraved in it. One wall points toward the Washington Monument, the other in the direction of the Lincoln Memorial, meeting at an angle of 125° . I am very glad that I was assigned to do the Vietnam Veterans Memorial because it is one that I am very familiar with. I feel like this memorial was designed in a very symbolic way due to its ability to capture a very sad moment in the lives of many, by turning it into positive energy and remembrance.
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