[JohnBDay]

http://digital.lib.lehigh.edu/trial/vietnam/files/round3/hydetoreagan.pdf

This is a letter by Henry Hyde and signed by several other Republican congressmen to Reagan criticizing the design and asking Interior Secretary James Watt not to approve it.

[leadpenny]

No doubt there was controversy from the very beginning, because the war and it's aftermath was controversial. There was even controversy amongst those who proposed a memorial - - Jan Scruggs and others. There was a tad bit of racism when Maya Linh's (sp?) design for the memorial was selected.

I just think the Memorial transcends politics.