Veterans Art Museum unveils a dog-tag sculpture dedicated to those killed in Vietnam, by Lola Smallwood Tribune staff reporter
Brooke Rowe
killed in Vietnam, by Lola Smallwood Tribune staff reporter
(EXCERPT) A 10-by-40-foot steel rectangle quietly hovers
above the atrium entryway of the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum.
Then, a gentle breeze blows through the vast space and the rectangle
begins to flit and flutter like a school of silver fish. A tranquil
sound of wind chimes on a rainy summer morning floats down from the
shimmering mass like drops of sadness.
"It sounds like angels," one observer said, looking up at the powerful
exhibit called "Above and Beyond," a dangling sculpture composed of
more than 58,000 metal dog tags, representing each American killed in
the Vietnam War.
"We decided on dog tags because it was the one thing that linked all
of them together," said Rich Steinbock, project manager and volunteer
at NVVAM, who conceived the work...
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