Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial
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Contributor:
Jim Lane / Alamy Stock PhotoImage ID:
A723CRFile size:
50.3 MB (1.5 MB Compressed download)Releases:
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5144 x 3420 px | 43.6 x 29 cm | 17.1 x 11.4 inches | 300dpiDate taken:
1 January 2006Location:
Kentucky USAMore information:
the Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Frankfort Kentucky USA The design concept is in the form of a large sundial The stainless steel gnomon casts its shadow upon a granite plaza There are 1 100 names of Kentuckians on the memorial including 23 missing in action Each name is engraved into the plaza and placed so that the tip of the shadow touches his name on the anniversary of his death thus giving each fallen veteran a personal Memorial Day The location of each name is fixed mathematically by the date of casualty the geographic location of the memorial the height of the gnomon and the physics of solar movement The stones were then designed and cut to avoid dividing any individual name The resulting radial concentric joint pattern suggests a web symbolic of the entangling nature of this war
