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===Education center=== In 2003, after some years of lobbying, the National Park Service and the Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund won [[Commemorative Works Act#2003 amendments|permission from Congress]] to build [[The Education Center at The Wall]]. A {{convert|37000|sqft|m2|adj=on}} two-story museum, located below ground just west of the Maya Lin-designed memorial, was proposed to display the history of the Vietnam War and the multiple design competitions and artworks which make up the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Vietnam Women's Memorial, and the Memorial Plaque.<ref name=neibaueredctr>{{cite news|last=Neibauer|first=Michael|title=Decade-long saga over $115M underground National Mall construction project nears resolution|work=Washington Business Journal|date=June 24, 2015|access-date=March 26, 2017|url=http://www.bizjournals.com/washington/breaking_ground/2015/06/decade-long-saga-over-115m-underground-national.html}}</ref> The center would have also provided biographical details on and photographs of many of the 58,000 names listed on the Wall as well as the more than 6,600 servicemembers killed since 2001 fighting the [[War on Terror]].<ref name=lincj>{{cite news|last=Lin|first=C.j.|title=Ground is broken for education center at Vietnam Veterans Memorial|work=Stars and Stripes|date=November 28, 2012|access-date=March 26, 2017|url=https://www.stripes.com/news/us/ground-is-broken-for-education-center-at-vietnam-veterans-memorial-1.198691#.WNfkMWe1uUk}}</ref> The $115-million museum would be jointly operated by the Park Service and the Fund.<ref name=neibaueredctr /> A ceremonial groundbreaking for the project occurred in November 2012,<ref name=lincj /> but insufficient fundraising led the Fund to cancel construction of the center in September 2018 and instead focus on digital education and outreach.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vvmf.org/news/article=Vietnam-Veterans-Memorial-Fund-changes-direction-of-Education-Center-campaign|title=Vietnam Veterans Memorial Fund changes direction of Education Center campaign|website=www.vvmf.org|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.stripes.com/news/veterans/plan-to-build-vietnam-war-education-center-on-the-national-mall-is-abandoned-1.548656|title=Plan to build Vietnam War education center on the National Mall is abandoned|website=Stars and Stripes|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.military.com/daily-news/2018/09/21/after-23m-spent-plans-vietnam-wall-education-center-have-been-scrapped.html|title=After $23M Spent, Plans for Vietnam Wall Education Center Have Been Scrapped|last=Sisk|first=Richard|date=2018-09-21|website=Military.com|language=en|access-date=2019-04-08}}</ref>
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