Posted on 08/05/2003 10:00:53 PM PDT by JohnHuang2
After three years of legislative delays, the most-visited memorial in the nation's capital will get a visitor center.
The U.S. Senate has unanimously approved legislation allowing a visitor center to be built at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, a vote that memorial-fund founder Jan C. Scruggs calls "an enormous victory for America's young people."
"This educational facility will provide thousands of students each day with the opportunity to learn about service, sacrifice and patriotism at The Wall," he predicts.
Last May, after several failed attempts, Sen. Chuck Hagel (R-Neb.), a Vietnam combat veteran, re-introduced legislation to build the center, along with fellow Vietnam-combat vets Sens. John Kerry (D-Mass.) and John McCain (R-Ariz.)
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