The Wall is one of the most simple, yet moving monuments ever designed by a human being to honor the sacrifice of our soldiers.
How well I remember the controversy about the “black scar in the ground” 25 years ago.
Yet, it had the opposite effect. Silently, it speaks the names of those who are no longer among us, but who died in our service. The act of descending and again ascending makes you realize the tremendous cost this war visited upon us, in every town and county throughout America.
In the smooth granite we see their names, but we also see ourselves. The linkage is breathtaking, the symbolism awesome.
Maya Lin was absolutely brilliant as the designer.
Senators like Biden, Kennedy, Kerry, Leahy,and others still in the Senate broke faith with those died in the effort to stop the Communist takeover of Vietnam. Because of their treasonous activities, The Communists soon overran South Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos, killing over 3 million people in the quest to once again attempt to create a socialist paradise. Jane Fonda can take credit for helping to establish the killing fields with them.
They alone cheapened and threw away the sacrifice of these, our friends and loved ones.
58,000 names.
Each one a son, a brother, a father, an uncle, a nephew,a cousin, a neighbor, a friend. A few were sisters and daughters as well.
We cannot allow this Senate to repeat their treason in Iraq.
That is one reason [Mrs] T and I have dedicated ourselves to attending as many Support the Troop Rallies as our budget can support, and then some.
And being in the D.C. area, there is a gold mine of Rallies/counter protests to attend.
[Mr] T
That wasn't her intent at all. Much to her dismay the Wall has become something Lin never intended it to be.
Thank you for your post, it was very good.
I will never forget, nor will I ever forgive.