Assertion: memorial's wall | /r/HasProperty | atonement
Facets:
value: for their treatment
type: PURPOSE
value: to the veterans
type: TRANSITIVE-OBJECT
value: since the war
type: TEMPORAL
Source sentences:
text: To the veterans, the wall is an atonement for their treatment since the war; to the families and friends of those who died, it is an official recognition of their sorrow and an opportunity to express a grief that was not previously sanctioned; to others, it is either a profound antiwar statement or an opportunity to rewrite the history of the war to make it fit more neatly into the master narrative of American imperialism.