{"id":338,"date":"2013-08-23T15:28:31","date_gmt":"2013-08-23T19:28:31","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.thingstodoindcthisweekend.org\/?p=338"},"modified":"2017-01-05T12:19:37","modified_gmt":"2017-01-05T17:19:37","slug":"visit-vietnam-veterans-memorial","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/visit-vietnam-veterans-memorial\/","title":{"rendered":"Visit Vietnam Veterans Memorial"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thingstodoindcthisweekend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Vietnam-Veterans-Memorial-150x120.jpg\" alt=\"Vietnam Veterans Memorial\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-339\" \/><strong>Vietnam Veterans Memorial<\/strong><br \/>\n#6 of 100 things to do in Washington DC<\/p>\n<p>The Vietnam Veterans Memorial is a national memorial in Washington, D.C. It honors U.S. service members of the U.S. armed forces who fought in the Vietnam War, service members who died in service in &#8230; <a href=\"http:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Vietnam_Veterans_Memorial\" target=\"_blank\">Wikipedia<\/a><\/p>\n<p>Artist: Maya Lin<br \/>\nAddress: 5 Henry Bacon Dr NW, Washington, DC 20024<br \/>\nOpened: 1982<br \/>\nLocation: Washington, D.C.<br \/>\nArchitecture firm: Cooper-Lecky Partnership<br \/>\nArchitect: Maya Lin<\/p>\n<p>Deliberately setting aside the controversies of the war, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial honors the men and women who served when their Nation called upon them.<\/p>\n<p>Located north of the Lincoln Memorial near the intersection of 22nd St. and Constitution Ave. NW, Vietnam Veterans Memorial is free to visit and is open 24 hours a day. The memorial is lit at night.<\/p>\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thingstodoindcthisweekend.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2013\/08\/Vietnam-Veterans-Memorial-map-150x120.png\" alt=\"Vietnam Veterans Memorial map\" width=\"150\" height=\"120\" class=\"alignleft size-thumbnail wp-image-340\" \/>The memorial includes the names of over 58,000 servicemen and women who gave their lives in service in the Vietnam Conflict. The memorial also includes &#8220;The Three Servicemen&#8221; statue and the Vietnam Women&#8217;s Memorial.<\/p>\n<p>Rangers and volunteers are available throughout the day and into the evening to assist visitors. The visitor contact station is between the Vietnam Veterans Memorial and Lincoln Memorial.<\/p>\n<p>Visiting the Vietnam Veterans Memorial can be a very emotional experience for visitors. Please be respectful of others while you visit. <\/p>\n<p>website: <a href=\"http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/vive\/index.htm\" target=\"_blank\">http:\/\/www.nps.gov\/vive\/<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With all the names engraved on a lengthy black wall, this is a solemn memorial to all those who had served and perished in Vietnam.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":339,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-338","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-monuments-statues"],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=338"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/338\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/339"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=338"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=338"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/funthingstodoin.us\/washington-dc\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=338"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}