Historical Memorialization

Memorializing, can be an honor for such great sacrifice or even paying a tribute to a deep achievement that has occurred. The need for such memorials, can be complex, whether it be for people or events, that can lead to the creation of statues,or even in other cases, buildings. The way one builds the memorial as well, is a big part of many considerations on the way it is created, and what it brings today’s culture from the past. In the past and even today, citizens continue to build memorials in thought of what humans did to change our lives. Like people, memorials all have their stories, for instance like Source A, Source D, and Source E.

As a matter of fact, the monumental core in Washington D,C, seems to bring people together, like if it is a place of sacred religion, rather than push them away. The experience of getting to step foot on what seems to be holy ground, rings true to many at the time. “But we must not forget that in the disenchanted world of the modern secular nation, the monument is not, properly speaking, a sacred site.” Source A (Savage) Yes, it is perhaps true that many of the monuments that are built in the century we live in today, are on a site that has no historical background to it. It is there to let the people of the

The building of the Museum and the proper place for it, had been a major controversy between the Jewish and the non-Jewish community, who felt that the United States had no right to build a monument for having done little to stop the Holocaust. As stated from Source E, George Will states, "No other nation has a broader, graver responsibility in the world . . . No other nation more needs citizens trained to look life in the face". . . . He wants the people of the United States to see what life really came to during the time of the Holocaust. The Holocaust is a major remembrance of the victims that suffered and the survivors that lived to tell their