Vietnam Veterans Memorial 

• Vietnam Veterans Memorial History

• Vietnam Veterans Memorial  Design

 The Wall 

  Groundbreaking: March 26,1982 

   Dedication: November 13, 1982 

   Designer: Maya Ying Lin 

    Architect: Cooper-Lecky Partnership 

• Material: Black granite from Bangalore, India 

• Length: each wall is 246 feet 9 inches (75.21 meters) long; the total length of the Wall is 493 feet 6 inches (150.42 meters) 

• Height: 10 feet 3 inches (3.12 meters) at the center of the memorial 

• Angle: 125° 12' 

• Density of granite: 210 lbs/cubic foot (3364 kilograms/cubic meter) 

• Number of panels: for each wall, 70 separate inscribed panels, plus 4 at each end without names 

• Panel width: 40 inches (101.6 centimeters)

• Panel depth: 3 inches (7.62 centimeters) 

• Panel height: between 8 inches (20.32 centimeters) to 10 feet 3 inches (3.12 meters)

• Number of lines per panel: 1 to 137 

• Number of names per line: 5 to 6 

• Height of letters: 0.53 inches (1.35 centimeters) 

• Depth of letters: 0.015 inches (0.038 centimeters) 

• Foundation: The granite panels are supported by 140 concrete pilings driven approximately 35 feet to bedrock. 

• Cost: Construction costs of the Wall totaled approximately $4,284,000.

•  The VVMF raised nearly $9 million in private contributions in its quest to win support and build the memorial

• Groundbreaking: March 26, 1982 

The Three Servicemen Statue

Designer: Frederick Hart 

Material: Bronze 

Height: 7 feet (2.13 meters) 

Vietnam Women's Memorial

  Designer: Glenna Goodacre 

   Material: Bronze 

   Paving stones: Carnelian red granite 

   Approx. size: 8 feet by 15 feet (2.44 meters by 4.57 meters) 

   Approx. weight: 1 ton (907 kilograms) 

   Trees: Eight yellowwood trees representing the eight nurses (women) killed in Vietnam 

   Cost: Approx. $4 million 

Vietnam Veterans Memorial Flagpole 

Inscription: "THIS FLAG REPRESENTS THE SERVICE RENDERED TO OUR COUNTRY BY THE VETERANS OF THE VIETNAM WAR. THE FLAG AFFIRMS THE PRINCIPLES OF FREEDOM FOR WHICH THEY FOUGHT AND THEIR PRIDE IN HAVING SERVED UNDER DIFFICULT CIRCUMSTANCES. "

Emblems: Around the base of the flagpole are the emblems of the Army, Navy, Air Force, Marines, and Coast Guard. Height: 60 feet (18.29 meters) Installed: Mid-1983
Material: Bronze 

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