https://mallhistory.org/files/original/85fb539f6d75dd3124d9c72fe82d5dac.jpg 6ee8706833b5b39f82b2d8b9b663fa8c https://mallhistory.org/files/original/f37f4fff5e89b7c5a99f546cda2abef8.jpg 7ff42e6cf5ba5c078174238cd0646040 https://mallhistory.org/files/original/5ab8575731880c8378891b3c93011225.jpg e03355cf6c344b9166716e3f367c79f1 https://mallhistory.org/files/original/bce0561ddd743f053f927c8e41b7bb45.jpg 0d1a67a1cdc594c8a346e90111982bee Place Important spaces on the mall (See the "Places" writeboard in basecamp.) Physical Description Text describing the appearance of the place and its situation on the Mall. Ennead Architects' design is meant to be unobtrusive to the current aesthetic of the Mall. The construction would have incorporate a sloped path leading to a two-story underground facility, making the center invisible from some perspectives. The design was intended to duplicate the long, angular composition of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall. Inside the center, visitors would have explored four main exhibits; a portrait gallery that containing a portrait of each service member listed on the Vietnam War Memorial, as well as those who have served since this conflict; an exhibit of the items and memorials left at the Wall since 1982; a historical timeline of the Vietnam War; and an exhibit on the history of military and civil service, from the Revolutionary War to present day. Type The nature or genre of the resource Unbuilt Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Vietnam Memorial Education Center Description An account of the resource <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/69">Jan Scruggs</a>, President and Founder of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, proposed in 2000 to build an education center focusing on veterans' service in the wars following Vietnam. The planned center would have been located across the street from the <a href="http://mallhistory.org/items/show/63">Vietnam Veterans Memorial</a>. It will display some objects that visitors have left at the Wall since 1982. Congress approved of the center in 2003, but the project did not break ground until 2012. In 2018, the VVMF announced their decision to cancel the building project, focusing instead on digital resources and online exhibits. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource <a href="http://www.vvmf.org/education-center">Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund</a> Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant 2000-present Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived Images created by Ralph Appelbaum Associates, via <a href="vvmf.org">Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund</a>