May is Asian-Pacific Heritage Month. Asian Americans and Pacific Islanders have done great things. Let’s celebrate!
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Maya Lin is an artist and an architect. She designed the Vietnam Veterans Memorial. She was in college. She entered a contest. More than 1400 people had ideas. Her design won. The memorial is a black wall. It has the names of people who died in the Vietnam War.
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