tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061356628714779473.post786664331497177108..comments2023-09-29T01:20:01.783-07:00Comments on Art & Culture: 104: Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Ying LinArt & Culture 104http://www.blogger.com/profile/17205379558512636359noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061356628714779473.post-20986906813948267842012-07-28T08:09:04.677-07:002012-07-28T08:09:04.677-07:00I just wanted to thank you for posting this, even ...I just wanted to thank you for posting this, even though I only came across it today ( 2 years after posting) it touches me deeply. My father is a Vietnam Veteran and although he doesn't talk that much about his time there with me, I sense the emotions, the fear and the hatred he still has contained in his heart.<br /><br />Recently I completed a vigorous treatment for hepatitis C and the first weekend of completing treatment my parents took me to Washington D.C. for the first time. On the Sunday morning that we were leaving, my father and I walked down to the Wall together around 6:30 a.m. The only other people there were the volunteers that clean it. My dad pulled out a sheet of paper from his pocket and handed it to me. It was a list of names and dates. These were friends of his that lost their lives in that war. My father explained Maya Ying Lin's design of the memorial - the first casualty meeting up with the last casualty and it just blew me away. Next we walked the length of that wall together pausing each time we came to one of the men on his list. Dad told me stories of each of them and I got to physically touch these courageous young men thanks to Lin's design. The experience is something I will never forget, it brought my father and I closer than ever and I even for just a moment got to feel war and what it can do to human beings. The reflection of my father's face in that wall as he told me these stories is what this memorial is all about. <br /><br />Thank you for the posting, it means more than you'll ever know.Brndoutw8resshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14959665356418479402noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1061356628714779473.post-24919771713708502802011-07-29T20:45:08.090-07:002011-07-29T20:45:08.090-07:00this is one of the saddest memorials i have ever b...this is one of the saddest memorials i have ever been to and i have been to a lot!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06468307584968946172noreply@blogger.com