Maya Lin won a national contest to design the Vietnam memorial in 1981 when she was a 21-year-old senior at Yale University.

WASHINGTON (NEXSTAR) – The woman who designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial may not be a household name, but the impact of sculptor and architect Maya Lin’s work has been felt by millions.

Sculptor and architect Maya Lin is best known for her design of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C., but modern viewers may not know about her rise to prominence and the subsequent ...

Maya Lin was 21 years old and studying ... neoclassical statues and monuments, the Vietnam Veterans Memorial is an unabashed piece of the land art movement, appearing almost like a dark gash ...

Immediately after the 1969 groundbreaking for the Hirshhorn Museum and Sculpture Garden ... contemporary design, from Maya Lin’s lacerating Vietnam Veterans Memorial to the sobering grandeur ...

The statue is a $50,000 gift from the class of 1987 and designed by artist Billy Fitzgerald. Peter the Anteater remains a key ...

The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund – perhaps best known for the Vietnam Memorial in Washington D.C. – is among the most active organizations supporting veterans. In our video report ...