1 A bruise is commonly tender and sometimes even painful for the first few days, but the pain usually goes away as the color fades. 2  Because the skin is not broken in a bruise as with a scrape or cut there is little risk of infection.
The Women's Memorial debuted in 1993 as part of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial â the iconic etched wall that was dedicated 11 years earlier and remains one of the most visited sites in Washington, D.C., according to The Huffington Post.
It was given to the US on its 100 year anniversary, and was designed by the man who designed the Eiffel Tower. The tablet she holds says July 4, 1776 on it, the date the nation was created and the french dedicated the statue in 1886 about a 100 years later as a present. It was dismantled to about 350 pieces in order to ship to the US from France and it took about a year to reassemble it! Source(s):