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Works Consulted "Vietnam War." //Britannica Elementary Encyclopedia// . Encyclopedia Britannica, 2010.  Web. 27 Sept. 2010
 * The Vietnam War was a war between North and South Vietnam
 * Vietnam War started in 1975
 * North Vietnam wanted communistic rule and South Vietnam did not
 * US was in support of South Vietnam because communism is not accepted in US (had haft million troops in Vietnam by 1986)
 * President Johnson was the president at the time of full scale conflict in Vietnam
 * Many US citzens not in support of war
 * North Vietnam won the war and that is why Vietnam is a Communist country
 * Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund wanted and raised the money to build the monument recognizing American troops who fought and died or went missing in the Vietnam War
 * A contest was held to see what the memorial would look like (Maya Lin won the contest)
 * The monument: black marble wall that reflects images in front of it; lists names of people who died and are missing in the war in chronological orde
 * Much controversy over Maya being Asian and the design itself
 * War is not mentioned in memorial
 * Built March 26, 1982
 * There are 3 parts of the memorial: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, Three soldiers statue, and the Women's memorial
 * Memorial is one of the most visited memorials in DC

"Vietnam Veterans Memorial." //American Treasures of the Library of Congress// .  Library of Congress, 27 July 2010. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.

"Vietnam Veterans Memorial." //Essential Architecture// . N.p., n.d. Web. 30 Sept.  2010.

Peters, Sue. "Maya Lin." <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Seattle Weekly// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. N.p., 25 Jan. 2006. Web. 30 Sept. 2010.

"The Wall." //Teach Vietnam.//Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 2010. Web. 11 Oct. 2010 <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">"The Vietnam Veterans Memorial." <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//The Wall-USA// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; display: block; font-family: Arial; font-size: 11pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. N.p., n.d. Web. 29 Sept. 2010.

<span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">“Maya Lin.” <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">//Gale Cengage Learning// <span style="background-color: transparent; color: #000000; font-family: Times New Roman; font-size: 12pt; font-style: normal; font-weight: normal; text-decoration: none; vertical-align: baseline;">. N.p., 2003. Web. 30 Sept. 2010.