These parents should be ashamed but it is doubtful they would know why. If they understood what these memorials mean, they would have been horrified by their kids treating it like a playground area.
Vietnam Womens Memorial Foundation
Diane Carlson Evans...over 265,000 women served in the armed forces of the United States. Nearly 10,000 women in uniform actually served in-country during the conflict. They completed their tours of duty and made a difference. They gave their lives.
The Vietnam Women’s Memorial was established not only to honor those women who served, but also for the families who lost loved ones in the war, so they would know about the women who provided comfort, care, and a human touch for those who were suffering and dying. The Vietnam Women’s Memorial was dedicated in 1993 as part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.
The Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project was incorporated in 1984 and is a non-profit organization located in Washington, D.C. The mission of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project is to promote the healing of Vietnam women veterans through the placement of the Vietnam Women’s Memorial on the grounds of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.; to identify the military and civilian women who served during the Vietnam war; to educate the public about their role; and to facilitate research on the physiological, psychological, and sociological issues correlated to their service. The Project has the support of every major veterans group in the country including the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund and more than 40 other diverse organizations.
In 2002 The Project changed its name to the Vietnam Women's Memorial Foundation to better reflect its mission at this time.
Diane Carlson Evans, RN
Vietnam, 1968-69
Army Nurse Corps, 1966-72
These memorials are to honor all those who lost their lives combat zones. This one is for the women who put their lives on the line in Vietnam, all volunteers, ready to die so they could save as many lives as possible.
Why should these parents understand any of this better than their children? That seems to be a good question but the better question is, why bring them there in the first place if they had no clue what these war memorials meant to the men and women these things are for?
There is a poll up with 1,669 folks voting. As it stands right now, it is 89.81% voting it was disrespectful.
Innocent or disrespectful? Picture shows kids climbing on Vietnam Women's Memorial as vets look on
AL.com
By Crystal Bonvillian
March 24, 2015
When artist Matthew Munson visited Washington, D.C., recently, he took plenty of photos.
One photo he didn't necessarily count on was a photo of children climbing on the Vietnam Women's Memorial, located on the National Mall near the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial and the Lincoln Memorial.
"There wasn't a lot of people at this point," Munson said, according to WHNT News 19, "then a big group of people showed up just as the kids were treating the memorial more like a jungle gym and the parents were laughing. Then the veterans showed up, and they looked hurt more than angry. They were quiet."
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