What does the Three Soldiers statue represent?
The sculpture’s 3 soldiers represent the diversity of the US military by including a Caucasian, African American, and Latino American whose service branch is intentionally ambiguous. Together, they face the Wall of the fallen.
Why was The Three Servicemen statue built?
The Three Soldiers (also known as The Three Servicemen) is a bronze statue by Frederick Hart. Unveiled on Veterans Day, November 11, 1984, on the National Mall, it is part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial commemorating the Vietnam War. It was the first representation of an African American on the National Mall.
What are three facts about the Vietnam Veterans Memorial?
The Memorial Wall
- The design for the memorial was determined through a nationwide competition.
- Of the over 1,400 submissions, Yale architecture student Maya Lin’s design was chosen by the committee.
- The Memorial Wall was dedicated on Veterans Day of 1982.
- 70 separate panels make up each of the walls of the ‘v’ shape.
What did the sculptor Frederick Hart wish to convey with his statue of the three soldiers?
Hart wanted the statue to convey “youth and innocence” The average age of a service member who was killed or MIA was 22 years old. Hart said this in describing the sculpture: “They are young. The contrast between the innocence of their youth and the weapons of war underscores the poignancy of their sacrifice.
What were some of Maya Lin’s ideas for this memorial?
Lin describes the Memorial thus: “I went to see the site. I had a general idea that I wanted to describe a journey…a journey that would make you experience death and where you’d have to be an observer, where you could never really fully be with the dead.
Who made the Vietnam Memorial?
Maya Lin
David Osler
Vietnam Veterans Memorial/Architects
What is the central idea of both the photo essay and the poem?
The central idea of both the photo essay and the poem is that the Vietnamese War took hundreds of lives away from the United States of America. It ripped men from their loved ones, family, friends, and it left a wave of death in its path.