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How is the Vietnam Veterans Memorial designed?

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As the United States honors those who served in the military on Veterans Day, read the story of how an unknown 21-year-old architecture student, Maya Lin, designed one of the most moving monuments in the nation's capital—the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. read more

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a 2-acre (8,000 m²) U.S. national memorial in Washington D.C. It honors service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War, service members who died in service in Vietnam/South East Asia, and those service members who were unaccounted for (missing in action, MIA) during the war. read more

memorial design and arrangement of names A key element to the design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is the names of the men and women who died while serving with the U.S. armed forces in the Vietnam War. read more

As the United States honors those who served in the military on Veterans Day, read the story of how an unknown 21-year-old architecture student, Maya Lin, designed one of the most moving monuments in the nation’s capital—the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. read more

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