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Lake Front DMZ, (sculpture). Artist:  Sears, Stanton, 1950- , sculptor. Ackerberg, Nina, sculptor. Laffin, Rich, sculptor. Castillo, Jake, sculptor. Title:  Lake Front DMZ, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Minnesota Vietnam Veterans Memorial, (sculpture). Dates:  1992. Dedicated Sept. 26, 1992. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Red and black granite maps, concrete path, black granite wall and limestone house. Dimensions:  Approx. 10 x 150 x 100 ft. Inscription:  68,000 Minnesotans served in Vietnam./More than 1,100 died./Many are still missing./Their average age was 19 years. (Incised in wall:) WE WERE YOUNG. WE DIED. REMEMBER US./ARCHIBALD MACLEISH (Names of Minnesotans who died in the Vietnam War are incised in the wall) unsigned Description:  Environmental landscape sculpture consisting of several elements. Installed in the ground are maps of Indochina and Minnesota, with a concrete path connecting them. The Minnesota map is made of 68,000 tiles for all who served in the Vietnam War. 1,120 of the tiles are dark for those who died. These tiles are placed at the hometowns of the dead. A dark wall contains the names of those who died. A house stands by a low retaining pool. Trees native to Minnesota stand opposite the wall. Subject:  History -- United States -- Vietnam War Allegory -- Place -- Minnesota Allegory -- Place -- Indochina Architecture -- Domestic -- House Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- Minnesota -- St. Paul Fountain Sculpture Owner:  Administered by State of Minnesota, Capitol Area Architecture and Planning Board, 204 Administration Building, 50 Sherburne Avenue, St. Paul, Minnesota 55155 Located Capitol Mall, St. Paul, Minnesota References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, Minnesota, Minneapolis - St. Paul survey, 1995. Illustration:  Image on file. Note:  The information provided about this artwork was compiled as part of the Smithsonian American Art Museum's Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture database, designed to provide descriptive and location information on artworks by American artists in public and private collections worldwide. Repository:  Inventories of American Painting and Sculpture, Smithsonian American Art Museum, P.O. Box 37012, MRC 970, Washington, D.C. 20013-7012 Control Number:  IAS MN000187   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture MN000187 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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