Object Record
Images
Metadata
Object Name |
Bar, Ribbon |
Catalog Number |
2005.52.55 |
Maker |
Adams, Phil |
Date |
ca. 2000 |
Material(s) |
Paper/Brass/Cotton |
Dimensions |
H-2 W-3.5 inches |
Description |
This ribbon bar is attached to a business card for Phil Adams. The business card is rectangular and has a brown inscription. There is a number on it that is stamped in black ink. There is an inscription on the back. Attached to the card is a National Defense Medal. It is a rectangular shaped ribbon bar with a stripe pattern. The pattern is wide red, small white, small blue, small white, small red, wide yellow, small red, small white, small blue, small white, wide red. There are two brass posts on the back that are stuck through card. |
Notes |
The 813 area code is in Florida. The Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection is comprised of materials left at the Kentucky Vietnam Veteran's Memorial by comrades and loved ones of those soldiers that died during the Vietnam War. The memorial was built in 1988 and the curator at the Kentucky Military History Museum began collecting materials at that time. The design concept is in the form of a large sundial. There are 1,100 names of Kentuckians on the memorial, including 23 missing in action. Each name is engraved into the plaza, and placed so that the tip of the shadow touches his name on the anniversary of his death, thus giving each fallen veteran a personal Memorial Day. The location of each name is fixed mathematically by the date of casualty, the geographic location of the memorial, the height of the gnomon and the physics of solar movement. The stones were then designed and cut to avoid dividing any individual name. The resulting radial-concentric joint pattern suggests a "web", symbolic of the entangling nature of this war. |
Collection |
Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial Collection |
People |
Adams, Phil |
Subjects |
Memorials War Veterans Veterans' organizations Ribbon badges Military decorations Business cards |
Search Terms |
Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial Vietnam War Veterans Vietnam Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Military souvenirs |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |