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- From: jmk@cbnews.cb.att.com (joseph.m.knapp)
- Subject: Re: Vietnam Memorial (was Vietnam Moratorium)
- Organization: AT&T
- Date: Thu, 19 Nov 1992 18:17:32 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Nov19.181732.27774@cbnews.cb.att.com>
- References: <1992Nov16.012818.1307@cbnews.cb.att.com> <BALDWIN.92Nov16153449@csservera.scs.usna.navy.mil> <1992Nov19.111820.27602@ucsu.Colorado.EDU>
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- buckley@ucsu.Colorado.EDU (BUCKLEY CHARLES RAY) writes:
- >I like the wall. Unlike other memorials in Washington, it is personal. It is
- >something that people can approach and touch. It does not glorify war nor does
- >it make any judgements on the war. Most memorials that I have seen are the
- >traditional soldier standing on a pedestal. In the wall, we have essentially
- >a blank slate where the people can project their own feelings and emotions
- >into the wall. Maya Lin gave us a gift. The gift of a memorial that actually
- >belongs to and can be touched by anyone.
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- And, as someone (Dickens? Wilde?) pointed out long ago, Washington has
- altogether too many bronze generals.
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- Joe Knapp jmk@cbvox.att.com
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