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#1 The Wailing Wall ;MaryHines/BobHausler
by: MaryS.Hines
song genre: Country / Contemporary / Country Pop
artist location: New Boston, Texas
artist genres: Country / Classic Rock / Gospel
last artist login: 07/14/2007 |
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#1. 'THE WAILING WALL' c96MarySylviaHines
'' The tradition of leaving gifts at the base of the wall began before the Wall was even completed.These gifts of remembrance are collected each day by volunteers and preserved by the National Park Service in the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection. Architect Maya Lin, the designer, specified that the end of the list of names be near the beginning, to show a closed circle,like a wound that is closed and healing.Some of the offerings were left with poems or letters (letters that were sealed will always remain so),but others bear meanings known only to those who offered them: a Bible, a fishing float, service ribbons,a popsicle stick, a foil wrapper from a Hershey's Kiss....''
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[quote;MSH]
This is my offering to the Wall...my song, ' The Wailing Wall ', (c95msh).....I just feel that all Veterans (&Soldiers) deserve our respect, regardless of our political issues or opinions of war...and that's what this song reflects.
I will try to give more references to the history of The Wall later, but this site has lots of info;
www.VietnamWall.org www.VietnamReflections.com |