Has anyone gone to the Vietnam Wall?

[Snuz]

http://www.virtualwall.org/index.html

[knowthill]

Yes I cried there in 1985.

[LindaT]

I was there in 1997. It was a very somber, yet peaceful experience.

[TLLOYD]

I been there.

It is a very sobering site, that wall. It starts out 2' high, and goes up taller than my brother (6'2") and back down to 2'.

58000 names on there. I picked a few random names and got graphite rubbings of them and framed all of them.

Also the 3 fiighting men statue is quite a site.

[SCIfor55+yrs.]

My wife and I went to see it in the 1980s. It was an experience I will never forget.

[gjnl]

NL and I were there in 1987. There were many small mementos left at the base, flowers taped beside names, and several people doing pencil rubbings of names. There is a disquieting peacefulness about the monument.

All the best,
GJ

[Eileen]

I was there a long time ago. It is a very moving structure, and I was able to find the name of a someone who went to my high school.

[addiesue]

Yes I was there last March. If you go, definitely listen to the story told by the volunteer or park ranger.

[medic1]

was there years ago when I was just starting high school. Made a big impression on us. We took rubbings from those who from our area. I still remember being there and the eery silence there was with so many people around.

[Donno]

I went in '94, about a year post injury. Looked up a couple of friends, pretty emotional time.