Song is "50,000 Names" By George Jones
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
Ground breaking: March 26, 1982
Dedication: November 13, 1982
Designer: Maya Ying Lin
Architect: Cooper-Lecky Partnership
Material: Black granite from Bangalore, India
Length: each wall is 246 feet 9 inches (75.21 meters) long; the
total length of the Wall is 493 feet 6 inches (150.42 meters)
Height: 10 feet 3 inches (3.12 meters) at the center of the memorial
Angle: 125° 12'
Density of granite: 210 lbs/cubic foot (3364 kilograms/cubic meter)
Number of panels: for each wall, 70 separate inscribed panels,
plus 4 at each end without names
Panel dimensions: 40 inches (101.6 centimeters) wide, 3 inches
(7.62 centimeters) thick, between 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) to
10 feet 3 inches (3.12 meters) tall
Number of lines per panel: 1 to 137
Number of names per line: 5 to 6
Height of letters: 0.53 inches (1.35 centimeters)
Depth of letters: 0.015 inches (0.038 centimeters)
Foundation: The granite panels are supported by 140 concrete
pilings driven approximately 35 feet to bedrock.
Cost: Construction costs of the Wall totaled approximately
$4,284,000. The VVMF raised nearly $9 million in private
contributions in its quest to win support and build the memorial.
The Three Servicemen Statue
Designer: Frederick Hart
Dedication: November 11, 1984
Material: Bronze
Height: 7 feet (2.13 meters)
Vietnam Women's Memorial
Designer: Glenna Goodacre
Dedicated: November 11, 1993
Material: Bronze
Paving stones: Carnelian red granite
Approx. Size: 8 feet by 15 feet (2.44 meters by 4.57 meters)
Approx. Weight: 1 ton (907 kilograms)
Trees: Eight yellowwood trees representing the eight nurses
(women) killed in Vietnam
Cost: Approx. $4 million
Number of entries in design contest: 317 (Goodacre was originally
runner-up)
Flagpole
Material: Bronze
Inscription: THIS FLAG REPRESENTS THE SERVICE RENDERED
TO OUR COUNTRY BY THE VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR.
THE FLAG AFFIRMS THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM FOR WHICH
THEY FOUGHT AND THEIR PRIDE IN HAVING SERVED UNDER
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
Installed: Mid-1983
Emblems: Around the base of the flagpole are the emblems of the
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard.
Height: 60 feet (18.29 meters)
Ground breaking: March 26, 1982
Dedication: November 13, 1982
Designer: Maya Ying Lin
Architect: Cooper-Lecky Partnership
Material: Black granite from Bangalore, India
Length: each wall is 246 feet 9 inches (75.21 meters) long; the
total length of the Wall is 493 feet 6 inches (150.42 meters)
Height: 10 feet 3 inches (3.12 meters) at the center of the memorial
Angle: 125° 12'
Density of granite: 210 lbs/cubic foot (3364 kilograms/cubic meter)
Number of panels: for each wall, 70 separate inscribed panels,
plus 4 at each end without names
Panel dimensions: 40 inches (101.6 centimeters) wide, 3 inches
(7.62 centimeters) thick, between 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) to
10 feet 3 inches (3.12 meters) tall
Number of lines per panel: 1 to 137
Number of names per line: 5 to 6
Height of letters: 0.53 inches (1.35 centimeters)
Depth of letters: 0.015 inches (0.038 centimeters)
Foundation: The granite panels are supported by 140 concrete
pilings driven approximately 35 feet to bedrock.
Cost: Construction costs of the Wall totaled approximately
$4,284,000. The VVMF raised nearly $9 million in private
contributions in its quest to win support and build the memorial.
The Three Servicemen Statue
Designer: Frederick Hart
Dedication: November 11, 1984
Material: Bronze
Height: 7 feet (2.13 meters)
Vietnam Women's Memorial
Designer: Glenna Goodacre
Dedicated: November 11, 1993
Material: Bronze
Paving stones: Carnelian red granite
Approx. Size: 8 feet by 15 feet (2.44 meters by 4.57 meters)
Approx. Weight: 1 ton (907 kilograms)
Trees: Eight yellowwood trees representing the eight nurses
(women) killed in Vietnam
Cost: Approx. $4 million
Number of entries in design contest: 317 (Goodacre was originally
runner-up)
Flagpole
Material: Bronze
Inscription: THIS FLAG REPRESENTS THE SERVICE RENDERED
TO OUR COUNTRY BY THE VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR.
THE FLAG AFFIRMS THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM FOR WHICH
THEY FOUGHT AND THEIR PRIDE IN HAVING SERVED UNDER
DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES.
Installed: Mid-1983
Emblems: Around the base of the flagpole are the emblems of the
Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard.
Height: 60 feet (18.29 meters)
This page is dedicated to all of the 58,226 men and women who
made the ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam war so that all of us
can live a free and American life style. Please let us never take for
granted what so many have died for so we can live the type of life we
want to and not live the type of life someone tells us to live.
God Bless All Of Them And God Bless America.
made the ultimate sacrifice during the Vietnam war so that all of us
can live a free and American life style. Please let us never take for
granted what so many have died for so we can live the type of life we
want to and not live the type of life someone tells us to live.
God Bless All Of Them And God Bless America.
Visit The Sharon Lane Hospital Foundation
Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
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Three Of My Combat Brothers And Friends<>Please Visit Them At The Wall
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John Richard Gregoire * Wheaton, Illinois
Raymond Horace Pike * Leavenworth, Kansas
Terry Lanier Alford * Pasadena, Texas
Raymond Horace Pike * Leavenworth, Kansas
Terry Lanier Alford * Pasadena, Texas
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"...this memorial is for those who have died, and for us to remember
them." - Maya Ying Lin, designer, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial recognizes and honors the men and
women who served in one of America's most divisive wars. The
memorial grew out of a need to heal the nation's wounds as America
struggled to reconcile different moral and political points of view. In
fact, the memorial was conceived and designed to make no political
statement whatsoever about the war. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is
a place where everyone, regardless of opinion, can come together and
remember and honor those who served. By doing so, the memorial has
paved the way towards reconciliation and healing, a process that
continues today. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial accomplishes these
goals through the three components that comprise the memorial: the
Wall of names, the Three Servicemen Statue and Flagpole, and the
Vietnam Women's Memorial.
them." - Maya Ying Lin, designer, Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial recognizes and honors the men and
women who served in one of America's most divisive wars. The
memorial grew out of a need to heal the nation's wounds as America
struggled to reconcile different moral and political points of view. In
fact, the memorial was conceived and designed to make no political
statement whatsoever about the war. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is
a place where everyone, regardless of opinion, can come together and
remember and honor those who served. By doing so, the memorial has
paved the way towards reconciliation and healing, a process that
continues today. The Vietnam Veterans Memorial accomplishes these
goals through the three components that comprise the memorial: the
Wall of names, the Three Servicemen Statue and Flagpole, and the
Vietnam Women's Memorial.
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Tom Clampitt's Vietnam
Veteran's Wall Page
Tom Clampitt's Vietnam
Veteran's Wall Page
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