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Newspaper
Cedar Rapids Gazette
Location
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, United States of America
Date
Nov 05, 1990
Page
14
Betty Debnam notes Maya Lin designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in 1981 at age 21 while a Yale student. Her plan won over 1,421 competing entries in the national contest.
The article explains the yellow ribbon as a nationwide custom tied to homes and businesses to show that loved ones serving overseas are not forgotten. It notes the practice stems from the song Tie a Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree and rose to prominence in the 1970s.
The poppy became a symbol of remembrance during World War I. It drew inspiration from the poem In Flanders Fields about a French military cemetery.
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