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May 10, 2021 · Equally important on this symbolic landscape is the Vietnam Women’s Memorial located just north of the Reflecting Pool. The memorial was dedicated in 1993 and portrays three women caring for a fallen soldier. During the Vietnam War, women served in many different roles.
Dec 13, 2022 · The Vietnam Women’s Memorial was established to honor the women who risked their lives to serve their country. The memorial was dedicated in 1993 and includes a sculpture by Texas artist Glenna Goodacre depicting three women caring for a fallen soldier.
Glenna Goodacre, sculptor of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial, is internationally renowned for her work in bronze. She has won numerous awards and honors for her work and is one of a small number of independent artists to have her artwork minted on a U.S. circulated coin (the gold-colored Sacagawea dollar coin issued in 2000).
Nov 7, 2023 · Nov. 7, 2023 | By Katie Lange, DOD News |. Anyone who's ever scanned the list of 58,318 names etched into the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, D.C., may have noticed a few that were...
Vietnam Women's Memorial. The Vietnam Women’s Memorial was added to the Memorial Site and dedicated on November 11, 1993. In late 1983, Diane Carlson Evans, a nurse who served in the Army in Vietnam, conceived of the idea to add a statue to the Memorial site to honor the women who served.
May 27, 2021 · Eight Women’s Names Are Among the Thousands on the Vietnam Memorial Wall. Here’s What to Know About Them. 6 minute read. 1st. Lt. Hedwig Orlowski, 2nd Lt. Carol Drazba, 1st. Lt.Sharon Lane,...
Nov 10, 2022 · The Vietnam Women’s Memorial exemplifies one representational, and controversial, addition to the larger Vietnam Veterans Memorial, and is part of a broader debate over who and what becomes part of the nation’s public memory.
