“An artist fights to retain the integrity of a work so that it remains a strong, clear vision. Art is and should be the act of an individual willing to say something new, something not quite familiar.”

Maya Lin
Vietnam Veterans Memorial, 1982
National Mall, Washington D.C.

Sponsor: Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund
Architect of Record: Cooper-Lecky Partnership
Landscape Architect: Henry Arnold
Photography: Terry Adams, Mark Segal, Victoria Sambunaris, Wendy Watriss