Memorial

why there is so many memorials or monuments around the world for specific things. For every memorial there is a meaning behind it and there is value in the monument to people. Something had happened to change the life of someone or something big enough would change something around the world. In this essay I will explain to you why memorials and monuments are meaningful to people and to everyone in the world. The monument I picked out was the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The Gateway Arch

have the whole earth as their memorial" (Pericles). Memorials are an icon to represent some historical events that have happened or even people who have made a significant impact on society. For example, they symbolize many things that had happened in the past and people could go there and remember some good things that it has caused. People can even go there and pay tribute to the person the memorial is about. There are three sources that show the importance of memorials and why they should be built

for any purpose has it’s positives as well as the negatives. Ranging from a memorial of a popular United States president from a loved one of a family, memorials have generally served as a purpose of remembrance from the past of said event. The purpose of the memorial is usually associated with a positive, uplifting feeling towards the deceased individual or past event. While this is more or less simply defining what memorials are for, what is the meaning behind them? What purpose do they serve besides

the Lincoln Memorial, which is a breathtaking site, but there is some controversy Abraham Lincoln. That is something that the artist probably considered and hopefully they did. Lincoln was a great president and one of his big accomplishments is the Emancipation Proclamation, which freed the slave, but it was actually a war tactic. To some African Americans they do know that it was just a war tactic and it does not sit well with them. The agency/artist that built the Lincoln Memorial had to have thought

know the history behind them? In source A it talks a lot about the Lincoln Memorial. In source B it shows a picture of Christopher Columbus. Also in source C it talks about Mount Rushmore. Source A in the paragraph two it starts by saying “pilgrimage site, where communities of believers actually come together in act of occupying a holy site, seeing relic, reenacting a sacred event”. A little after that it says the “memorial itself contains no actual relic of Lincoln”. Lincoln was not alive when the

immune to the influence of Memorials. America uses memorials to commemorate fallen soldiers, influential leaders, founders of peace, and some of the nations most devastating moments, like 9-11. Some of the most important, and well known memorials in the world can be found in America, such as the Washington monument, Lincoln monument and many others. There are many memorials that are important, like the memorial that has been dedicated to Christopher Columbus. This memorial was made to honor the man

Clearly, the Lincoln Memorial creates a different mood than the Holocaust museum. The Lincoln Memorial was created to honor President Lincoln for his great contributions to our country, whereas the Holocaust Museum was created to mourn and sympathize all that the prisoners went through and realize the evil that

Whether you are driving on a road trip or going to a historical sight, memorials are everywhere. Throughout history there has been many figures of people that have wanted to memorialize, for their famous acts and many ways through literature or art. There are many ways that people can memorialize a famous figure, such as a poem, story, or an ode. Other ways are very odd and many humans for generations have been sculpting, painting, and construct pieces that resemble what these people look like. A

Digital Memorials are a lot more complex and abstract than a physical memorial, since it is able to last longer than the rest of us and will be there forever until the servers are no longer connected. My genre that I chose for this project is a blog, more specifically a Tumblr blog. I chose this medium specifically because I knew it would be an easy way for me to get personal, but not too personal especially since I am discussing my childhood on a public blog. However, I wanted it to be public to

is a memorial ? The definition of memorial is - “something, especially a structure, established to remind people of a person or event.” My views on memorials is simple and straightforward. They are amazing and needed. I believe that memorials are are amazing and needed for the main reasons of to learn about history and when history was made, for example, all of the war memorials as well as memorials dedicated to certain war heroes. Memorials are important to our history because memorials such as