What National Monument Means The Most Important To Me

The purpose of many monuments is to honor and protect the legacy of some of America's greatest heroes. Kirk Savage in the book Monument

The iconic monuments on Monument Avenue are at the center of a debate that is spreading across the entire southern part of the United States. Support has been growing within a group that feels that these Confederate monuments represent hate and oppression. This group wants all of the monuments

Monuments: The Statue of Liberty, Mount Rushmore, and The Washington Monument. All are representations of our past and have historical meaning behind them. However, what about the other monuments scattered around? While monuments are wonderful and powerful when done right, location, size and resources needed must be considered for the monument to truly mean something. Firstly, monuments are meant to mean something, but can only do that when the location has been planned out and is significant to that area.

Jeremiah O’Brien. The S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien is the most important landmark for us a citizens to preserve for the future generations because it represents the American will to prevail. It represents the American will because the O’Brien was constantly delivering supplies to the troops at D-day even though it was extremely dangerous. Another important reason regarding the O’Brien at D-day is when the future generations look at D-day many of them just study the storming the beaches and the battles that ensued, but if the O’Brien is preserved for our the future they will be able to study the whole picture behind D-day and how much it actually took to win the war. The preservation of the O’Brien is also important because represents the many civilians that helped win World War Two and that even if and American was not listed in the military there was still a way for them to help. In the end although I personally think that the S.S. Jeremiah O’Brien is the most important of the landmarks to preserve for the youth, all the landmarks, museums, and cemeteries that I went to are important. All these places are important because they allow us as historians to look into the past and get a first hand look at the lives that people lived in the past and the hardships they experienced. Lastly, I enjoyed this experience because I had never been to any of the place on the list and these places have allowed me to learn all about important parts of our local

Iwo Jima is the most important memorial to me because it represents the turning point for America in World War II when we finally started taking charge over the Japanese. Iwo Jima was an amazingly fought battle where the Americans lost 26,000 marines, but the Japanese only lost 22,000 of their men. Yet, we still won. It was an incredible victory for us. It is the only battle the marines won with their own casualties exceeding the enemies casualties.

My monument is very complex, it will look like john Adams with a extended arm holding a flag and in the other hand lies a sort of paper that says “life, liberty, and happiness.” During John Adam`s life, the first thing i knew prior about him was how he thought the high taxes and the unfair treatment was undeniably wrong. He went to do something about it and decided to fight for our life, liberty, and property. Therefore, knowing this, i decided to incorporate that concept into my monument.

The Veterans Freedom Flag Memorial, near Joint Systems Manufacturing Center, is a memorial dedicated in 2007, to everyone who has fought, died and sacrificed for the safety and freedom of our country. War memorials are important things because they honor the lives and sacrifices of those who have protected freedom for hundreds of years. They serve as sentimental representations and/or reminders for some. Pathways into the emotional and physical pain that so many deal with everyday. In short they are important things to have in our society.

Devils Postpile National Monument is in Madera County, Mammoth Lakes, California on Western side of the Sierra Nevada. In 1911 Devils Postpile National Monument was preserved and protected by the National Parks Services because of the two main geologic features present there that draw attention to this area. The Formation of the Columnar Basalt (Devils Postpile), which named the monument and the other feature being Rainbow Falls. Although Devils Postpile National Monument is relatively small, the 798 acres entices nearly thousands of visitors every year (Arnett et al. 367-368). This land is home to naturally occurring beauty, great hiking trails, diverse habitats, numerous geologic features and much more which is why Devils Postpile should be upgraded to National Park Status.

Today I would like to talk about the removal of the confederate monuments. The war ended one-hundred and fifty years ago, these monuments have been standing for quite some time now. These monuments are set to honor those who fought for HUMAN rights. These monuments stand for a very dark part of American history and now they are being taken down because we as a nation simply cannot handle different opinions. I understand that some people see these monuments as a celebration of those who fought pro-slavery, but some also think that they are to celebrate the overcoming of such a horrendous time in our history; these are opinions and every single person is entitled to one. That doesn't mean we disregard such a huge part of what sculpted America

The monument that stand in my hometown is the soldiers and sailor monuments as tribute to the men in the Civil War from Athens, Ohio. The monument was built in 1963 for the 2,610 men who served for the Union from Athens County. The men went into battle for the defense of the Union. A lot of these men served in the 18th Ohio infantry. The veterans of the Civil War along with resident General Grosvenor set out to find funding for the monument. There were a lot of troubles in the beginning. The monument had failed to be erected previously because of placement issues. Where the monument stand now is in middle of Ohio University, and one of the question that arises when finding a proper place for the monument was is the University capable of maintaining this monument and whether or not it was a good location. Grosvenor led other residents from Athens to create the Athens Monument Association to fund the monument. And so the monument was then erected in 1963.

In the early stages, “...it was by no means clear that the bell would survive at all, much less become a semi-sacred object of patriotic devotion” (Onuf Paragraph 3). It has come to serve as a message people attest and live by, “visitors now can ‘see the Liberty Bell in all of its many stages of life, in all of its triumphs and travails, in all of the ways it has moved and inspired people from nearly every country in the world. Now it is truly everyone’s bell’” (Onuf Paragraph 4). The Liberty Bell portrays an icon to the abolition movement and a prominent symbol of independence as, “...the sense that the Bell’s inscription carried with it an element of prophecy has, for nearly a century and a half, remained prominent in some of the more romantic accounts of its participation in the American Revolution” (Callahan 62).

The Belmont-Paul National Monument trip has really opened up my eyes and it was very refreshing because of the fact that I was able to visit the Monument in person, interact with the displays, and relive the Women’s history. I’m really glad that President Barack Obama designated it as a National Monument because I truly believe that more citizens should go visit the Monument so that they will be able to educate themselves about the importance of National Woman’s party and the history.

The modern nation is presently changing, and is always changing, especially politically. To begin, confederate monuments are statues of fighters in the Civil Rights movement during the Jim Crow era. There is currently a debate going on in the United States to whether these monuments should continue to stand or should be taken down for various reasons. In the southern region of the United States, there are over 700 statues that remain. Although many say that monuments preserve the nation’s history, they should be removed because they represent white supremacy and are a reminder of slavery.

Monuments, are how we as people can relive the past and be able to put ourselves at that time period. For Americans the 9/11 memorial puts us in the gravity and it gives us the impact of what that disaster did but, it also shows a sense of beauty with how the water falls into the spot where once stood a tall and powerful building. Monuments, have the aura that has a sense of empathy and shows more emotion than words ever could, the Holocaust museum gives a solid reminder of what genocide really is. Monuments and memorials should be based on the size location and what it is actually standing for it should be for someone who has been influential or it should be something of war or tragedy. We as Americans don’t pay attention to local cemeteries but when they see the Arlington cemetery or Vietnam memorial or even the WWII memorial people understand what death is really like and are more appreciative of those people who fought for the United States. Monuments and Memorials are not to remember those who fought for slavery, who have committed genocide, or any acts of treason and terrorism there should be no reason to make a statue that symbolizes something that a culture and a nation does not stand for anymore. Therefore, a Monument should consider the location, size, and why the monument is built along with the emotional aura that goes along with it.

There are few objects that can be compared to the significance of the figure known as the Statue of Liberty. It is one of the greatest works of its time and still stands today as a meaningful entity of independence to the world. The statue is a great tribute to the concept of global freedom that had its roots in America. It was created to display the worldwide objective of peace and tranquility. The fact that another model of this icon stands today in a world capital shows the effect that this figure has inscribed upon the world. In addition, it represents the ideas that the United States was built upon and those that the people have lived by to this very day. Its most paramount features in its role through American history are its