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Bringing The Wall to Life

April 10th, 2008 | Written by Peter

Over the past few weeks, response to the Vietnam Veterans Memorial project has been amazing. So many people have come to add their remembrances and pay tribute to family members and friends.Here are just a few examples of what has been added:

 Thank you for bringing life to this project.

Thank You for Your Overwhelming Interest

April 1st, 2008 | Written by Peter

We got things stabilized after the wave of traffic that followed last week’s press release about the Vietnam Wall project and things went well over the weekend. We even ordered some additional hardware to help us handle the amazing response, but before we could get it and set it up, a feature story on the homepage of CNN and a few other high profile mentions swamped us again.

CNN Home

It’s so great to see that other people are as excited about this project as we are. We are working hard to catch up with the interest. If you have trouble while on the site, please check back soon. We’ll be here.

In the meantime you can:

Overwhelming Interest in The Wall

March 27th, 2008 | Written by Peter

Yesterday we announced the release of a new project that we’ve been working on, an interactive version of The Wall at the Vietnam Veterans Memorial.

Wall Image

The news spread fast and we’ve seen a tremendous response to the announcement. That’s the good news.

The not so good news is that we’re having trouble keeping up with the number of people who are coming to visit the site.

We’re working to improve things, and hope you’ll be patient with us.

In the meantime, you can learn more about The Wall project here.