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   Who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?

   • As a senior at Yale University, Lin entered a nationwide competition sponsored by the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, and her design was selected from the more than 1,400 submissions that were received. Lin’s minimal plan was in sharp contrast to the traditional format for a memorial, which usually included figurative heroic sculpture.

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   What is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?

   • It’s the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and since 1982, it has commemorated military personnel who died or were declared missing in action during their Vietnam War service. The moment plans for the memorial were unveiled, it was clear the structure would be immediately recognizable—and controversial.

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   Where can I find a Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington DC?

   • Tour Washington D.C.'s Arlington National Cemetery, Tomb of the Unknowns, and Vietnam Veterans Memorial Vietnam Veterans Memorial, national monument in Washington, D.C., honouring members of the U.S. armed forces who served and died in the Vietnam War (1955–75).

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   Who maintains the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?

   • In 2009 the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund assumed responsibility for the maintenance of the site. In 1993 the Vietnam Women’s Memorial was unveiled a short distance from the wall. The bronze sculpture, depicting three women caring for an injured soldier, recognized the work of the more than 10,000 women who served in Vietnam.

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2. www.biography.com › military-figures › maya-linThe Remarkable Story of Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial

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   May 14, 2020 · The Remarkable Story of Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial. Discover the story of how an unknown 21-year-old architecture student designed one of the most moving monuments in the nation’s...

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   Lin, who now owns and operates Maya Lin Studio in New York City, has designed numerous projects following the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, including the Civil Rights Memorial in Montgomery, Alabama (1989) and the Wave Field outdoor installation at the University of Michigan (1995).

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   Vietnam Veterans Memorial, national monument in Washington, D.C., honouring members of the U.S. armed forces who served and died in the Vietnam War (1955–75).

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   Learn how Maya Lin created a personal and apolitical memorial to the Vietnam War, using two black granite walls engraved with the names of the fallen. See the design process, the competition, and the press coverage of her work.

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   Sep 13, 2017 · Learn how Maya Lin, a Chinese-American Yale student, won a national competition and sparked a controversy with her minimalist design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1982. Find out how the wall honors the fallen, how it was criticized and how it became a popular attraction.

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   Designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Maya Lin Artist, designer and environmentalist, Maya Lin interprets the natural world through science, history, politics, and culture, creating a remarkable and highly acclaimed body of work in art and architecture.

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    Maya Lin, American architect and sculptor concerned with environmental themes who is best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C. Her later works are inspired by the natural features of Earth, as in her series of ‘wave fields.’