Vietnam Veterans Memorial
The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C.
It honors U.S. 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) during
the War.
Its construction and related
issues have been the source of controversies, some of which have resulted in
additions to the memorial complex. The memorial currently consists of three
separate parts: the Three Soldiers statue, the Vietnam Women's Memorial, and
the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, which is the best-known part of the
memorial.
The main part of the memorial,
which was completed in 1982, is in Constitution
Gardens adjacent to the
National Mall, just northeast of the Lincoln Memorial. The memorial is
maintained by the U.S. National Park Service, and receives
around 3 million visitors each year. The Memorial Wall was designed by American
architect Maya Lin. The typesetting
of the original 58,195 names on the wall was performed by Datalantic in Atlanta, Georgia.
In 2007, it was ranked tenth on the "List of America's Favorite
Architecture" by the American Institute of Architects.
Vietnam
Veterans Memorial
Maya
Lin is the designer of the Vietnam
Veterans Memorial, and an honorary trustee at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
Note: Robert Redford is
a trustee at the Natural Resources
Defense Council, and a member of Kappa
Sigma.
Richard
M. Burr is a member of Kappa Sigma,
and a ranking member for the Senate
Committee on Veterans' Affairs.
Foundation
to Promote Open Society was a funder for the Natural Resources Defense Council, and the Aspen Institute
(think tank).
George
Soros is the chairman for the Foundation
to Promote Open Society.
Susan
Crown was a trustee at the Natural
Resources Defense Council, and is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago.
James S.
Crown is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and a trustee
at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Lester Crown
is a member of the Commercial Club of Chicago, and was a lifetime
trustee at the Aspen Institute (think tank).
Commercial Club of Chicago,
Members Directory
Please note: This link for the
members of the Commercial Club of Chicago can no longer be found.
R.
Eden Martin is the president of the Commercial
Club of Chicago, and counsel at Sidley
Austin LLP.
Michelle
Obama was a lawyer at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Barack
Obama was an intern at Sidley Austin
LLP.
Sidley Austin
LLP was the lobby firm for Vietnam.
Penny S. Pritzker
is a member of the Commercial Club of
Chicago, and married to Bryan
Traubert.
Bryan Traubert is
married to Penny S. Pritzker, and a director
at the National Park Foundation.
Mary
A. Bomar was the secretary for the National
Park Foundation, and a director at the National
Park Service.
Jonathan B.
Jarvis is a director at the National
Park Foundation, and a director at the National
Park Service.
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