1. Welcome to the Virtual Tour
of the Vietnam Veterans
Memorial!!!
By Olivia Wacker and Hana Ra

2. The Wall
• 58,191 names are on the
wall
• Granite came from India
and engraved in Vermont
• Wall is also used to teach
children about American
history

3. You Can Even Trace
Names on the Wall!

4. More about the Wall…
• Sometimes you can go up to
the wall and find a name of a
relative or someone you
were close to.
• When you find that name,
you can get a pencil and
paper, and trace the paper
over the name.

5. Establishing the Memorial
• Memorial design competition
allowed all American citizens
over the age of 18
• 1421 designs were sent in all

6. More about Establishing…
• Maya Ling Yin was a 21 year old
girl at Yale university that won
the design competition.
• Cost 7 million dollars to make
memorial from many U.S.
companies and citizens

7. Now About the Way
it all Started…

8. History
• The Vietnam War started out
when the Vietnamese fought
the French and Vietnam split
into two parts: The North
Communist side and the South.
• North wanted to take
advantage of South and
wanted to turn them into
Communist state.

9. More about the History…
• South did not want to do
this so North and South (of
Vietnam) fought with each
other in a war.
• The USA went in to help
Vietnamese with the war by
bringing soldiers and
supplies in.
• In the end, the South part of
Vietnam won the war.

10. Memorial’s Time, Price, and
Location
• SCHEDULE: Park Rangers on site 9:30 a.m. to
11:30 p.m. except for December 25 ( Christmas
)
• PHONE: (202) 426-6841
• WEB: www.nps.gov/vive
• Location: In the Constitution Gardens

11. The Purpose
• The people who founded the memorial
wanted to show people a recognition that the
Americans could touch

12. THANK YOU!!