Vietnam Women's Memorial: Hearing Before the Subcommittee on Public Lands, National Parks, and Forests of the Committee on Energy and Natural Resources, United States Senate, One Hundredth Congress, Second Session on S. 2042 ... February 23, 1988, Volume 4 |
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Page 13 - Commission continues to serve as the central planning agency for the Federal Government in the National Capital region.
Page 25 - IN HONOR OF THE MEN AND WOMEN OF THE ARMED FORCES OF THE UNITED STATES WHO SERVED IN THE VIETNAM WAR. THE NAMES OF THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES AND OF THOSE WHO REMAIN MISSING ARE INSCRIBED IN THE ORDER THEY WERE TAKEN FROM US.
Page 54 - If you're going to do this," she said, "it should be done in an integrated, harmonious way." When someone made a motion to throw out Maya Lin's design and start over again, Perot silently shook his head no, and the motion was defeated. But by voice vote, the opponents backed a motion to have the flag at the center of the two walls, with the statue somewhere in the triangle formed by the walls. At Perot's suggestion, a majority also agreed to form an ad hoc committee to choose the statue. Design opponent...
Page 103 - Brought to a sharp awareness of such loss, it is up to each individual to resolve or come to terms with this loss. For death is in the end a personal and private matter and the area contained within this memorial is a quiet place, meant for personal reflection and private reckoning.
Page 58 - We have died. Remember us. They say, We have done what we could but until it is finished it is not done. They say, We have given our lives but until it is finished no one can know what our lives gave. They say, Our deaths are not ours. They are yours: they will mean what you make them.
Page 13 - The National Capital region includes the District of Columbia, Montgomery and Prince Georges Counties in Maryland, and Arlington, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William Counties in Virginia; the cities of Alexandria and Falls Church in Virginia; and all cities now or hereafter existing in Maryland or Virginia within the geographic area bounded by the outer boundaries of the combined area of aforesaid counties.
Page 110 - I will never forget that I am an American fighting man, responsible for my actions, and dedicated to the principles which made my country free. I will trust in my God and the United States of America.
Page 46 - Small donations continued to come in, but Sandie Fauriol had expected corporate donations in the $50,000 range. She examined the mail every day, looking for the large envelopes that would include corporate checks. There were only smaller personal envelopes. Had the controversy cut off corporate funds? Finally, in December, the big envelopes started to arrive. Many of America's most prestigious corporations — including Getty Oil, LTV, AT&T, Rockwell International, Aetna Life Insurance, Boeing, Exxon,...
Page 6 - In honor of the men and women of the armed forces of the United States who served in the Vietnam War. The names of those who gave their lives and of those who remain missing are inscribed in the order they were taken from us.
Page 61 - I suggest you may want to request the views of the Commission of Fine Arts and the National Capital Planning Commission. For these reasons, section 1 of HR 15083 constitutes a premature approach to the problem of changing zoning.