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Keywords: MayaLinsubmission.jpg Assessments 1 Vietnam Veterans Memorial design Maya Lin's original competition submission for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington D C Architectural drawings and a one page written summary Library of Congress CALL NUMBER ADE - UNIT 2228 no 1 E size P P or 1980 1981 Maya Lin The Vietnam Veterans Memorial originally designed as a student project by Maya Lin at Yale University's School of Architecture in 1981 has become a profound symbol that has served to unify and reconcile a nation sorely divided by a foreign entanglement Lin envisioned a black granite wall in the shape of a V on which the names of the American military dead and missing would be inscribed The architect hoped that these names seemingly infinite in number would convey the sense of overwhelming numbers while unifying these individuals into a whole Since its unveiling in 1982 the work---popularly known as the wall --has become a point of reference inspiring a new generation of American memorials Maya Lin's drawing is one of 1 421 design-competition submissions documented in the Library of Congress as part of the Papers of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund Source Library of Congress American Treasures exhibit caption ca 2005 http //www loc gov/exhibits/treasures/trm022 html Public Domain status confirmed through Library of Congress reference department as the winning submission for a federal public arts project US-PD applies PD-USGov Vietnam Veterans Memorial Maya Lin 1980
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