WWII veteran Samuel Hynes talks about the lasting effects of the war on his generation. Watch now Watch now History of Memorial Day Memorial Day, as Decoration Day gradually came to be known, originally honored only those lost while fighting in the Civil War. But during World War I the Unit...
DuringWorld War II, Japanese forces invaded Vietnam. To fight off both Japanese occupiers and the French colonial administration, political leaderHo Chi Minh—inspired by Chinese and Sovietcommunism—formed the Viet Minh, or the League for the Independence of Vietnam. Following its 1945 defeat inW...
Vietnam Memorial: 58,175 cold, hard facts of warJack Schnedler
The Memorial commissioned Latham’s Vietnam Requiem, which premiered in June 2021. Future works will honor the Korean War in 2023, the Holocaust in 2024, and World War II in 2025. In 2021, the National Capital Authority (NCA) authorized the Australian War Memorial’s (AWM) expansion ...
The Golden Gate Bridge is a very long bridge in California. Come learn about this big bridge, how it got its name, why it's orange, where you can...
What did you think about the landmark when you first saw it or first learned about it? Example: You learned about the Vietnam Veterans War Memorial Wall in Washington, D.C., which made you sad because your grandfather served in Vietnam. Register to view this lesson Are you a student ...
In Europe, Britain and the Commonwealth countries it is common to observe two minutes of silence at 11 a.m. every November 11. Veterans’ Day should not be confused with Memorial Day. According to the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs, “Memorial Day (the fourth Monday in May) honors ...
Southeast Asia. Many are still haunted by the things they experienced there. Many did not return -- more than 58,000 names of U.S. service members killed in Vietnam are carved into slabs of black granite that form the Vietnam War Memorial (known simply as"The Wall") in Washington, DC...
Veterans Day originated as “Armistice Day” on November 11, 1919, the first anniversary of the end of World War I. Congress passed a resolution in 1926 for an annual observance, and November 11 became a national holiday beginning in 1938. Unlike Memorial Day, Veterans Day pays tribute to ...
Grant Wood’s American Gothic and Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial are celebrated instances in which the name of an artist instantly calls to mind a single work, and vice versa... A wry, sly look at the Russian classics by Michael Johnson Apr 3rd 2018 Serious readers like to see ...