Object Record
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Metadata
Object Name |
Can |
Common Name |
Budweiser Beer Cans |
Catalog Number |
2005.52.48 |
Maker |
Anheuser-Busch, Inc. |
Date |
ca. 1997 |
Material(s) |
Aluminum/Plastic/Felt/Paper |
Description |
This six-pack of Budweiser canned beer has cylindrical cans (a-e) with pop-top opening, which is sealed. The white and red body has blue writing and the Budweiser logo on the side. Four of the five cans have a panel about Olympic baseball on the side with an image of a batter swinging in a yellow uniform. The cans are attached to each other with a clear plastic can holder. One crushed Budweiser beer can (f) has a white and red body with blue writing. The Budweiser logo is on the side. The can has a panel about Olympic baseball on the side with an image of a batter swinging in a yellow uniform. The can holder (g) is a clear plastic holder with six circular openings for cans. Two oval shaped openings between the outside and center cans is used as a handle. A "Forget-me-not" (h) blue felt flower has a green wire stem, with a rectangular paper tag and inscription. It is attached to can holder. |
Notes |
Left by "Sarge" for his 5 comrades (cousins/friends) that died in Vietnam. Beer has been left by Veterans at both the Kentucky Vietnam Veteran's Memorial (K.V.V.M.) and the National Vietnam Veteran's Memorial along with other items soldiers enjoyed such as playing cards, cigarettes, etc. 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 |
Vietnam War |
People |
Anheuser-Busch, Inc. |
Subjects |
Memorials War Veterans Veterans' organizations Beer Cans |
Search Terms |
Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial Vietnam War Veterans Vietnam Vietnam War, 1961-1975 Military souvenirs |
Physical Holder |
Kentucky Historical Society - KHS |