Offerings at the Wall : Artifacts from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection

On Veterans Day 1982, a unique monument was dedicated in Wash., DC, with 140 black panels engraved with the names of the more than 58,000 Americans who died in Vietnam. Now as much a shrine as a monument, the Vietnam Wall has become a pilgrimage site, a place where people leave votive offerings in a variety too wide to categorize. All of them have been collected, preserved, & cataloged by the National Park Service. This volume presents a selection of the mementos left at the wall, ranging from combat boots & weapons to baseballs & bubble gum wrappers to a family photograph taken from the body of a dead Vietnamese soldier.Allen, Thomas B. is the author of 'Offerings at the Wall : Artifacts from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection', published 2000 under ISBN 9780788191800 and ISBN 0788191802.