![]() ![]() Was that it was the names that were the reality, the Stone is so reflective, it becomes a mirror and really all that seems to have substance is the rougher surface of What happens as you walk down this path, you sink into the earth. More than 58,000 names and in fact, more names are being added. In a way they are walls, but it's very thin, sunk into the ground and inscribed with the names of the servicemen who died Beth: Although theĪrchitect didn't like to refer to these as walls, Highly-reflective black granite that actually points toīoth of those monuments. Steven: It's this very long series of slabs of stone, this Memorial to the nation's past, bringing together the Maya Lin, the architect of the memorial sought about uniting the Beth: Which is situated right between the Washington MonumentĪnd the Lincoln Memorial. ![]() on the mall at the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial. She would repeat this every so often and make sure we didn’t forget to pray for Henry and help him out any way we could.”Ģ0.1-.Diamonds" by Scalding Lucy) Steven: We're in She had a premonition and so this was constantly in the back of our minds. In a later interview, Ruth recalled that even before he went to war, “We were worried about him getting killed, because my mother was convinced in advance that he was going to die in the war. ![]() It seems you were standing at the table in the dining room.” This wasn’t the first time that Henry’s mother had reported having “premonitions” of his death. In this eerie letter from April 22nd, Henry’s sister Ruth wrote, “Mom had a dream about you last night. They had written several letters to him before learning of his death. They were first told that he was missing in action, but were informed a few weeks later that he had been killed on April 10, 1945. ![]() It took several weeks for the military to notify Henry Kurtz’ family of his death. ![]()
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