Vietnam Veterans' Memorial

            Continuing with our theme of non-natural death is the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial, created by Maya Lin in 1982. This large “V” in Washington D.C. documents the name of every person who died fighting in the Vietnam War  over the beginning of communism. It was shaped like a “V” to stand for “Vietnam Veterans”, because it is a memorial for the Vietnam Veterans.  According to www.thewall-usa.com/, there are, at present, 58195 names on the Vietnam Veterans’ Memorial.  This is a modernist work because the definition of modernism, "in its broadest form is a modern thought, character, or practice." (wikipedia)  The artillery of the Vietnam War brought on the death here.

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