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.
Of the memorials present on North Carolina's Union Square in 2011, the earliest (1857) depicts George Washington; three erected from 1895 to 1914 commemorate the Civil War; four honor soldiers in subsequent conflicts from the Spanish-American War through the World Wars and Korean Conflict to the Vietnam War.