When the Vietnam Veterans Memorial opened 40 years ago this month, something unexpected happened: People started leaving things at the wall. One veteran has spent decades cataloging the letters, mementos, and other artifacts of loss—all 400,000 of them.
bit to remember this is a sacred place. A pack of teenagers doesn’t evendebating Batman versus the Avengers.the top is at ground level.
It’s just hard to explain.some to give up their precious memories, the treasured and fraught bits ofto the wall, to be laid down. Left in good hands.collection is unwieldy and absurdly time- andobjects in a box from 2010. She selects an item; consults a book,notes the description on a paper form. Entering the form into a searchablewith GOD BLESS AMERICA in silver glitter and a crude, construction-paperpresumably made it for a class project.“communication artifact, advertising medium.
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