Why Monuments Are Important In American History

The need to memorialize events or people is complex; in some cases, monuments honor moments of great achievement, while in other cases, monuments pay homage to deep sacrifice. A monument 's size, location, and materials are all considerations in planning and creating a memorial to the past. In any case, the need to honor or pay homage to a specific person or event is prevalent within society. A monument has to mean something to the society it is place in. The location of a monument is perhaps the most important aspect of creating a successful monument to honor and show respect to a person or event.

I went to Washington, DC this summer for vacation, there were so many sites and monuments I wanted to see, yet the one thing I thought I wasn't as interested in seeing turned out to be my favorite, Arlington National Cemetery. It was told to me that over four million visitors pay their respects to the fallen now buried at Arlington National Cemetery each year. There are still over 20 funerals a day conducted at the cemetery. As you walk around in the respectful quiet and beauty of Arlington National Cemetery, you can hear the 21 gun salutes just about every 25 minutes for our fallen soldiers being laid to rest among their fellow soldiers as you pay your respects.

Should monuments be removed? For many years people have been arguing whether certain controversial monuments, such as statues, should be destroyed or removed. A common type of monuments in this situation are the Confederacy monuments. These are various statues across the US which honor Confederate leaders or “heroes”. Many see these offensive since those people basically oppressed African Americans for years and were fighting to keep doing so.

The fundamental reason a monument is created is for a connection to be remembered or forged. It functions as a palette for the viewer to paint his own thoughts and emotions. When an organization sets out to create a monument, it must bear in mind that the monument must arouse a deep emotion, either positive or negative, otherwise, it will become obsolete. In Jim Deegan’s photo, Christopher Columbus is staring off into the distance, his clothes billowing in a seemingly long-forgotten sea breeze.

Civil War Monuments The Confederate monuments from the Civil War in many cities, colleges, and universities are being asked to be taken down. The monuments are causing problems between the U.S. citizens. Many people are protesting and saying that the monuments are a symbol of racism, and symbolism of traitors to the U.S., and are used to show white supremacy. These monuments should be taken down from the public but they should not be destroyed.

The Role of Monuments in Societies Around the World The Lincoln Memorial, The Eiffel Tower, and The Great Sphinx. Different monuments around the world and all with different roles. All of these roles are different because of where and why they were built. The roles can be, to remember, to worship, to enjoy, to protect. And with these roles have different parts.

History in the Making It is important to remember an individual after they die. To do so, the ones who left an impact on this world are remembered by things such as monuments. In most cases, these monuments honor the utmost sacrifices or even the greatest achievements of those who lived. As of today, around the world there are millions of monuments that memorialize events of people.

History is everywhere, no matter where you are or where you are going, there is always a back-story behind everything. Since the day we founded this country in 1492 to present day, we continue to create history, but how do we preserve the memory or of it actually happening? Philosopher George Santayana once said, “Those who cannot remember the past are condemned to repeat it.” History tends to repeat itself, but with these memorials, we are constantly looking at what we did in the past to try an avoid such issues arising or help with solving an issue. In Memorial Mania, Erika Doss argues that we as a society have “an obsession with issues of memory and history and an urgent desire to express and claim those issues in visibly public contexts”

The Mojave Desert is a vast area that expands predominantly in southeastern California. The desert also reaches parts of Nevada, Arizona and Utah; it expands over more than 25,000 square miles (Desert USA). There are no defined boarders of the desert. Finding a center can be difficult, however through the use of a combination of latitude and longitude, elevation, geology, and indicator plants boarders can be established and a center to the desert can be found. Through the use of the $500,000 that The Mojave Desert Geography Council has received, we will locate the center of the Mojave Desert and use the money we have received to build a monument that is dedicated to the Gopherus agassizii, also known as the Desert Tortious, at the center of

Most of the megalithic tombs were constructed from 4,000-2,000 BC ‘The most prominent remains of the early prehistoric period are the megalithic tombs’. (Waddell, 1998, 57). These tombs introduced megalithic architecture to Ireland. The name megalithic is derived from the Greek words megas which means great and lithos which means stone. There are ‘over 1500 megalithic tombs’ which have been recorded in Ireland from the ‘systematic field survey’.