U.S. could limit collection of items left at Vietnam War memorial


  • World
  • Wednesday, 10 Feb 2016

A U.S. flag rests at the base of the Vietnam Veteran's Memorial on Veteran's Day in Washington, in this November 11, 2006 file photo. REUTERS/Stelios Varias/Files

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. National Park Service is proposing to limit the commemorative items it keeps from the Vietnam Veterans Memorial as it faces a potential space crunch from more than 400,000 tribute objects, the agency said on Tuesday.

About 3 million people a year visit the two-acre (0.8 hectare) site on Washington's National Mall. It is best known for the sunken Vietnam Veterans Memorial Wall, where the names of more than 58,000 service personnel who died from 1959 to 1975 are engraved.

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