As we close out this week that started with Veteran's
Day, I would like to share something that a dear friend sent. Enjoy!
The
National Veterans’ Art Museum in Chicago has an unusual work of art which you
may not have even known existed! When
visitors first enter the museum, they will hear a sound like wind chimes coming
from above them and their attention will be drawn upward 24 feet to the ceiling
of the two-story high atrium.
The dog tags
of the more than 58,000 service men and women who died in the Vietnam War, were
hung from the ceiling of the National Vietnam Veterans Art Museum in Chicago on
Veterans Day, November 11, 2010. The
10-by-40-foot sculpture, entitled Above & Beyond, was designed by Ned
Broderick and Richard Stein.
The
thousands of metal dog tags are suspended 24 feet in the air, 1 inch apart, from
fine lines that allow them to move and chime with shifting air currents. Museum employees using a kiosk and laser
pointer help visitors locate the exact dog tag with the imprinted name of a
lost friend or relative.
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