Maya Lin – Liza Ketchum https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog Tue, 16 Dec 2014 16:27:48 +0000 en-US hourly 1 76312305 The woman behind The Wall: Maya Lin never forgot Vietnam’s names https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/the-woman-behind-the-wall-maya-lin-never-forgot-vietnams-names/ https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/the-woman-behind-the-wall-maya-lin-never-forgot-vietnams-names/#respond Tue, 16 Dec 2014 22:24:29 +0000 https://www.lizaketchum.org/blog/?p=144 Read More]]> VietnamWallStampA 21-year-old college student’s anonymous entry won a national competition. Her design, later known simply as “The Wall,” would create a lasting memorial to the Americans who died in the Vietnam War. 

Nevertheless, Maya Lin faced years of criticism, beginning with a “B” grade in her college class. Not until a 1994 documentary did the world fully know her side of the story.

 

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