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Why We Remember
Earlier this month, twenty-seven McDonogh juniors, English teacher Carl Haller, and archivist Frayda Salkin visited visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. These Advanced Placement English students were preparing to write a paper on McDonogh’s monuments and memorials—inquiring about what purposes they serve for our community, how they present a historical moment and how they shape our understanding of who we are.
First, students focused on what Maya Lin had intended as the purpose for the Vietnam Memorial. Maya Lin began working on her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial when she was 20. In a videotape that the class had watched, “Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision,” Miss Lin tells the story of creating a memorial and dealing with the politics that followed after her design was chosen. The design was intended to show the individual cost of war—she wanted “to put names on the earth polished.”
Earlier this month, twenty-seven McDonogh juniors, English teacher Carl Haller, and archivist Frayda Salkin visited visit the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C. These Advanced Placement English students were preparing to write a paper on McDonogh’s monuments and memorials—inquiring about what purposes they serve for our community, how they present a historical moment and how they shape our understanding of who we are.
First, students focused on what Maya Lin had intended as the purpose for the Vietnam Memorial. Maya Lin began working on her design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial when she was 20. In a videotape that the class had watched, “Maya Lin: A Strong Clear Vision,” Miss Lin tells the story of creating a memorial and dealing with the politics that followed after her design was chosen. The design was intended to show the individual cost of war—she wanted “to put names on the earth polished.”