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DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial, (sculpture). Artist:  Luna, Ted, architect. Title:  DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial, (sculpture). Other Titles:  Vietnam Veterans Peace and Brotherhood Chapel, (sculpture). Dates:  1968-1971. Dedicated May 22, 1971. Rededicated May 30, 1983. Digital Reference:  Medium:  Cement covered concrete. Dimensions:  Approx. H. 50 ft. Description:  Triangular structure with sloping walls houses a non-denominational chapel. Subject:  History -- United States -- Vietnam War Homage -- Westphall, Victor David III Architecture -- Religious -- Church Object Type:  Outdoor Sculpture -- New Mexico -- Angel Fire Sculpture Owner:  Administered by DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial, Inc., 3725 Alexandria Pike, Cold Spring, Kentucky 41076 Located DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial, Highway 64, P. O. Box 608, Angel Fire, New Mexico 87710 Provenance:  Formerly administered by Center for the Advancement of Human Dignity, 1971-1983. Remarks:  Commissioned by Dr. Victor Westphall Jr. and family in memory of Victor David Westphall III, who was killed in Vietnam in 1968. Originally dedicated in 1971, the memorial was administered by the Center for the Advancement of Human Dignity, of which Dr. Westphall was president. The Disabled American Veterans (DAV) began funding the monument in 1977. The DAV formed a separate corporation in 1982 to assume responsibility for the monument, beginning in May 1983. The historical marker at entrance to the monument at Highway 64 reads: "DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial. This chapel was erected in 1968 by Dr. Victor Westphall in memory of his son and all other U.S. personnel killed in the fighting in Vietnam. It was first dedicated as the Vietnam Veterans Peace and Brotherhood Chapel, and on May 30, 1983, it was rededicated as DAV Vietnam Veterans National Memorial." IAS files include a brochure from the Memorial and a brief history of the work by Dr. Westphall. References:  Save Outdoor Sculpture, New Mexico 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 NM000541   Copy/Holding information Smithsonian AmericanArt Museum Control Number   Inventory of American Sculpture NM000541 Add Copy to MyList Format: HTMLPlain textDelimited Subject:   Email to:

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