war remnants museum

A deeply moving, distressing, upsetting, and uplifting place. There is no question to its creators that the war was one of American imperialist aggression. The south Vietnamese government is always referred to as a puppet. The large collection of US weapons with deadpan, almost clinical descriptions. The gallery of victims of Agent Orange. The wall after wall of photographs of anti war demonstrations from Congo to Pakistan to Argentina, affirming and thanking the solidarity of people around the world. The huge exhibit on war photographers, so many of whom died here. The temporary exhibit on the resilience of several combat victims. It's overwhelming.

Very glad I came here.