herusmcdream asked: I absolutely love this blog. If I could reblog everything without it counting as basically stealing your whole blog, I would in a heart beat. Because of your blog, I have started to really want to learn about the Vietnam War. So thank you!
I’m glad you’re earning a better appreciation for the Vietnam War. If you ever have any questions, want suggestions for books to read, feel free to ask.
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"I believe that a great part of the [Vietnam] memorial’s symbolic power is its capacity to honor the dead with an openness that allows visitors to impress upon it their own meanings, their own histories, their own memories. The memorial virtually requires participation in order to complete its meaning."
James C. Scott in Seeing Like A State on the Vietnam Memorial. I love that last bit “…virtually requires participation in order to complete its meaning.” (via anniekoh)
