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In 1981, a 21-year-old Yale student named Maya Lin submitted a simple, hand-drawn sketch for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial design competition. To the shock of the nation, she won. But the victory sparked a firestorm of controversy that nearly tore the country apart again. Critics called her design a "black gash of shame," an insult to the ...
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