A Message for My Brother": The Vietnam Veterans' Memorial as Rhetorical Situation (original) (raw)

1987

Abstract

Abstract: An examination of letters left at the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial in Washington, DC between November, 1984 and April, 1986 revealed that the memorial serves as a rhetorical situation that urges its visitors to eloquence. The memorial is an excellent proving ground for situational theory because the interaction of site and perception is vital to the communication created by the rhetor/audience. The memorial consists of two walls of granite in a v-shape, inscribed with the names of those who died in the Vietnam War. Those who leave ...

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