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DistrictofColumbiaxl » Tourist Attractions in the District of Columbia » Vietnam Veterans Memorial

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

If you are wishing to visit the district of Columbia, then do remember to visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. A national war memorial located in Washington, D.C., the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, honors those belonging to the U.S. armed forces and died or went missing in the bloody Vietnam war. Maya Ying Lin is the designer of the war memorial. Every year, thousands of tourists visit this place to remember those brave hearts who sacrificed their lives for the wellbeing of Vietnam and its people.

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial consists of three separate parts that are the leading tourist attractions. These are :
  • Three Soldiers Statue
  • Vietnam Women's Memorial
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall

Among these three structures the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall is the most popular one which is visited by tourists from all over the world. This wall has inscriptions of names of those who died during the war or went missing during the massacre. The three soldiers statue has three figures of American soldiers. However they are purposefully depicted as three soldiers distinguishable as Hispanic American, White American and Black American. The statue of three soldiers was made for public viewing only in 1984. If you want to know more about Vietnam Veterans Memorial, you should seek the help of the guides who will tell you details about the Vietnam war and the main events of the war. Vietnam Women's Memorial is dedicated to those women of the US who have served during the Vietnam war as soldiers and nurses as well. Glenna Goodacre is the designer of this Women's Memorial and it was unveiled in the year 1993.

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Tourist Attractions in the District of Columbia
  • Albert Einstein Memorial
  • Anacostia Park
  • National Air and Space Museum
  • Arena Stage
  • Corcoran Gallery of Art
  • Blair House
  • Broadway Musical
  • US Capitol
  • Cathedral of St. Matthew the Apostle
  • Chinatown
  • Folger Shakespeare Library
  • Ford's Theatre
  • Howard University
  • International Spy Museum
  • Jefferson Memorial
  • Kennedy Center
  • Lincoln Memorial
  • Lincoln Theatre
  • National Art Gallery
  • National Building Museum
  • National Cathedral
  • National Geographic Society
  • National Mall
  • National Zoo
  • United States Navy Memorial
  • Old Post Office Building
  • The Phillips Collection
  • Rock Creek Park
  • Smithsonian Institute
  • Verizon Center
  • Vietnam Veterans Memorial
  • Washington Monument
  • White House
  • World Bank
  • Madam's Organ Blues Bar in Adams Morgan
  • Martin Luther King Jr. Memorial Library
  • Mount St. Sepulchre Franciscan Monastery
  • United States National Arboretum
  • Frederick Douglass National Historic Site
  • Great Falls of the Potomac River
  • District of Columbia War Memorial
  • Basilica of the National Shrine of the Immaculate Conception