Vietnam War Statue for Women Advances
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WASHINGTON — The House, responding to pressure from female veterans, voted Friday to erect a memorial honoring the 10,000 women who served in the Vietnam War.
By voice vote, the House approved a Senate bill authorizing construction of a memorial to female veterans, but removed a stipulation that the statue be erected within the 2.2 acres of the existing Vietnam War Memorial.
The Senate is expected to accept the House language and send the legislation to President Reagan before adjournment in October.
The design and location of the statue must be approved by the Commission of Fine Arts, which rejected a proposal last October for a woman’s statue on the Washington Mall because the panel said it would look like an afterthought.
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