Women’s Vietnam Memorial Approved by Congress
Congress has voted final approval of a memorial honoring women who served in Vietnam during the nation’s longest war.
The measure, approved on voice votes Friday and sent to President Reagan, expresses the “sense of Congress” that the memorial be built at the site of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, but it does not require construction at the site.
The measure was a compromise of earlier bills that conflicted on whether the new monument should be at the site of the Vietnam memorial. Critics said another statue would hurt the artistic integrity of the Vietnam memorial.
The Vietnam Women’s Memorial Project is proposing to honor the women with a statue of a nurse, representing the military nurses in Vietnam.
“Recognition of the role of women during the Vietnam conflict is long overdue,” said Sen. Dave Durenberger (R-Minn.), chief sponsor of the Senate version.
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