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Metadata
Object Name |
Bottle |
Catalog Number |
2005.52.40 |
Maker |
Jim Beam Distilling Co. |
Date |
2001 |
Material(s) |
plastic; paper; bourbon; |
Dimensions |
H-4.25 W-1.125 D-1.125 inches |
Description |
This Jim Beam bottle is from Rolling Thunder XIV. It is a squared plastic 50ml. bottle with a white plastic screw-on cap. It has a white paper label with black and red printing. |
Notes |
Rolling Thunder, Inc. is a veterans organization that is known for it's annual motorcycle ride for veterans and supporters that goes to the Vietnam Wall Memorial in Washington, DC. The organization has both national and local chapters and seeks to publicize POW and MIA issues. The organization also supports veterans issues for U.S. veterans of all wars including supporting legislation that will help the veterans. 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 |
Event |
Rolling Thunder |
People |
Jim Beam Distilling Co. |
Subjects |
Memorials War Veterans Veterans' organizations whiskey liquor |
Search Terms |
Vietnam War Veterans Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial Bourbon Vietnam Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Military souvenirs |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |