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Battle over honoring women veterans at Vietnam Memorial
A House committee clash tests a Senate approved plan to place an eight foot bronze statue of a nurse at the Vietnam Memorial. Loretta Swit campaigns for recognition of 10000 women who served, against Maya Lin and critics citing artistic integrity and fundraising concerns.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Senate
House
House Post Office and
Civil Service Subcommittee
Loretta Swit
Maya Lan
Interior
James Watt
Commission On Fine Arts
Vietnam Memorial
Lincoln Memorial
Frenzel
Miss Swit
Vietnam
Veterans
Ms. Lin
American Institute of Architects
Sam Gejdenson
Dconn
Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project Inc
Gejdenson
Mary Rose Oakar
D-Ohio
Diane Carlson Evans
Watt
Interior Secretary
Air Force
Linda Spoonster Schwartz
Frederick E. Hart
Fine Arts Commission
Ms. Schwartz
Hart