WASHTENAW COUNTY VIETNAM VETERANS MEMORIAL

THE MEMORIAL FACES TO THE SOUTHEAST FOR SOUTHEAST ASIA.
THE FIVE WALL PORTIONS REPRESENT THE FIVE BRANCHES OF SERVICE. FROM ABOVE THEY FORM TWO V-SHAPES FOR VIETNAM VETERANS.
THE DISTANCE FROM THE OUTSIDE OF THE SEATING AREA TO THE OUTSIDE OF THE WALL IS 21 FEET, WHICH IS THE AVERAGE AGE OF THE MEN LISTED ON THE MEMORIAL.
THE ALMOST BLACK PENNSYLVANIA GRANITE REPRESENTS THE MOURNING BY EVERYONE WHO VISITS THE MEMORIAL. IT ALSO REMINDS ONE OF “THE WALL” IN D.C.
THE GOLD LETTERING HELPS GIVE THESE MEN LOST IN VIETNAM A REGAL PLACE IN OUR MEMORIES SO THEY ARE NOT FORGOTTEN.
THERE ARE THREE MIAS, SO THE SEATING AREA WAS MADE THREE SIDED. ON EACH OF THE THREE SIDES WAS PLACED THE NAME OF ONE OF THE MIAS. THEIR NAMES WILL NOT BE ON THE WALL PORTION UNTIL THEY ARE BROUGHT HOME.