Maya Lin

I have to admit that after reading the Maya Lin essay, I didn't really understand how much thought and meaning that she actually put into designing this memorial. I actually don't think that I had ever even seen the memorial before. But, the movie did a good job of showing me how something so simple can mean so much. She didn't even have to make the memorial this grand spectacle to have honor the veterans. And as she repeats in the movie many times, its not about being gaudy or extremely noticable, it just was about giving the veterans and those who lost loved ones in the war, a place to remember.