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Vietnam Veterans Fountain
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Kansas City, MO
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| Description: The fountain pools represent the country's growing involvement in the war culminating in two pools symbolic of the divided opinions of the time. (Words etched on the plaque at the entrance) This fountain is provocative in its honesty and beauty. It was developed by the Kansas City Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund, Inc. A semi-circular wall backdrop has the names of 451 casualties. Visitors to this monument leave flags and flowers to honor those who served during one of America's most turbulent eras. |
| Type: Fountain |
Address:
West 42nd & 43rd & Broadway
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| Date erected: 1985 |
| This memorial to the Kansas Citians who served and died in the Vietnam War features a series of rectangular, interconnected pools in a winding path with a variety of fountain jets. |
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