The Wall: Images and Offerings from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial
by Sal Lopes
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This enduring document commemorating the fifth anniversary of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a collection of touching photographs capturing the intense emotional response the monument provokes from virtually all its visitors. Includes excerpts from letters and notes left as offerings at the Wall.Tags
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A touching tribute to all those who lost their lives in Vietnam, the images are unforgettable and allows those of us who have never had the privilege to see the Wall in person a means of understanding the artists vision.
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Common Knowledge
- Original publication date
- 1987
- Important places
- Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington, D.C., USA; Washington, D.C., USA
- Epigraph
- We die with the dying:
See, they depart, and we go with them.
We are born with the dead:
See, they return, and bring us with them.
--T.S. Eliot
Little Giddings, Four Quartets - First words
- Introduction: They walk as if on hallowed ground.
- Last words
- (Click to show. Warning: May contain spoilers.)Walker,
I miss you dear friend.
Hope things are peaceful for you.
Classifications
- Genres
- Nonfiction, History, General Nonfiction, Art & Design
- DDC/MDS
- 959.704 — History & geography History of Asia Southeast Asia: Myanmar, Thailand, Laos, Cambodia, Vietnam Vietnam 1949-
- LCC
- F203.4 .V54 .W35 — Local History of the United States, Canada and Latin America United States local history District of Columbia. Washington
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- Languages
- English
- Media
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- ISBNs
- 3
