Veterans Day 11/11/11: Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Skokie, IL



Taking its artistic inspiration from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington is a smaller but by no means less sincere one at Oakton Park in Skokie, Illinois.

Inscribed on the monument:

May the silent wall shout for peace as we all should now and forever. For while most walls keep people apart, it's the wall that brought us together. "The Wall That Brought Us Together," R.E. Fleetwood.

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