Central High School: A Short Story

This memorial is a tribute to 9-11 by showing the younger generations, who weren't around or too young to remember, all about the terrorist attacks on 9-11. By displaying things found in the rubble at the Ground Zero Museum it shows a walk-through of what happened on that day. From the Ground Zero Cross to the names etched around the pools where the towers once stood, it's a remembrance striving to make sure we never forget what happened on the horrible

There are many monuments in the world and they are all built to honor someone or something that was done by that person. For example, after the Maine Lobsterman was built, the fake bronze statue returned to Maine and spent several decades being moved from city hall to museum to museum. No one seemed to want the man and his lobster. The issue at hand is if the monuments being built are memorializing the person or moment created accurately. Monuments capture legacy and preserve the individual's actions throughout history. Specifically, monuments should consider purpose, location, and size in their creation.

Depending on the placement of the monument the importance of the events contues genrations on. For an example, inorder for placing something of sagnificant value, the holocaust, would be placed somehwere of sagnifcant value, like a nations capital, but just anywhere in the nations capital. Eventhough DC is the nations capital "placeing the holocaust museum in a mall in DC is disrespectful and offensive" to the people who died and the servivers(source E). Just because its the national capital doesnt mean a mall in the nations capital is appropreate, besides lives were lost, not material things being bought. The failure for the creator(s) to think of that stripped the meaning and the pain behind the holocuast away. The placement of that museum made fun of, or even mocked the holocuast as if it is important to be remebered by America but not important to petray horrifying details of it. If the placement of the museum was to be in central DC near the White House, it creates a more important rule in Americas everyday life, because its near where the prisident lives, its near where people go to live the American dream. It would reinforce the meaning of the tragidy, the menaing of being saought out just becuase of you religion, the meaning of being gased alive, the meaning of being torn away from your family, the meaning of starving in the cold winters, and lastly

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

Mount Rushmore, the Mall at Washington, and the Statue of Liberty are all monuments across the US. The location of these monuments is important and when one is going to build a monument the location matters. Monuments, as stated in Source A, are not necessarily built at the place of what it is memorializing, “typically it holds no relic or spiritual of a past presence.”

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.

A monument is an solid, carved in statue that is an representation of a person or event that has made an remarkable time in the past. However, there are many different ways to remember a person or event. Memorializing an person or event is a great way to preserve history; because everyone agrees to enormous expensive statue is more entertaining than reading a boring textbook about the person or event. As a matter of fact, every person in American can not remember every person or event in history because there isn’t enough time and space for that. Therefore, a group or agency should consider the three main factors, size, location, and materials when planning or creating an memorial monument of an important person or event.

many people create meaningless buildings and sculptures just to please the eye which is why they need to people need to identify reasons a memorial would benefit them.

Perhaps the real problem is that monuments themselves may be an outdated concept. The world is changing so fast that trying to memorialize someone or some group is mute because there will always be another person or group coming after them doing something more. No matter where, how, or why you build it, time buffers people's’ feelings toward the

The supplemental plaque the State of New Mexico decided to place reads: “Thus, we see on this monument… the use of such terms as ‘savage’ and ‘rebel’. Attitudes change and prejudices hopefully dissolve” (Marker). Pitcaithley added that this action by the State could not have been more perfect because it is able to “explain how past the generations were comfortable with language considered inappropriate today.” (Pitcaithley). This is a quintessential solution that will appeal to most different crowds: the people who are not racist for wanting to keep historical statues in the public’s eye, and the people who believe that these statues are mainly being removed so the nation does not have to face the embarrassment of this tainted part of American history. In Dwight T. Pitcaithley’s words “...layers of history would not only remind us of this nation’s deep history of racism but also encourage us to confront [them].”

2.With the removal of the Cornwallis statue, I do fear the erasing of history. If we simply remove the statue and melt it into its original bronze, it closes the opportunity to have a dialogue based on the treatment of the indigenous people. However, the statue currently represents something much scarier than the erasing of history, the misrepresentation of history. As it stands (or doesn’t anymore), the statue immortalizes Cornwallis as a hero who deserves honour. This at best gives a one-sided viewpoint and causes distortion of history, and at worst honours a man who encouraged genocide. Personally, the best place for the statue is in a museum with information one what Cornwallis did. This paints a full picture of history, yet still allows a much-needed conversation to occur.

This statue isn’t just a vacuum for your tax dollars this is for a true hero. The boy he was had lost all of his innocence adding the fight in World War 2. He saved countless lives intentionally and unintentionally. This is the least we can do, this monument is for all

The history of our country and expanding into new territories can be a touchy subject for many. However, this is a part of the United State’s history that cannot be rewritten. Debates can go on about what was wrong and right, yet in the Black Hills, the carvings of Crazy Horse and Mount Rushmore can be found. Including Downes, there is skepticism on the Mount Rushmore monument. Downes shares, “It was bad enough that white men drove the Sioux from hills they still hold sacred; did they have to carve faces all over them too? It's easy to feel affection for Mount Rushmore's strange grandeur, but only if you forget where it is and how it got there.” This point is very valid, considering the very spot this monument is located and the history of people driven out there. When sculptors and designers are wanting to create a piece of work for everyone to look upon, thinking of people’s ancestry is a huge aspect that needs to be deeply considered. Yes, the Black Hills are beautiful and have perfect rock formations for such a piece of art, yet there is some harsh feelings in that area. Although, no matter what an agency wants to show respect to, there will always be someone offended, even in the aspect of people who lived long ago. Mount Rushmore is a beautiful, mesmerizing piece that captures many beholders. When fireworks are shot from behind it on the fourth of July, patriotism is shot through every American’s heart who is lucky enough to witness it. Even though the beauty is mesmerizing, people in the area’s ancestry should always be taken into consideration when placing a

I think that it is very appropriate that the man who purchased the Louisiana Purchase, and doubled the size of the United States should be on a monument that is within the boundaries of the land he bought. Jefferson knew that to make the great nation that he was the leader of even greater he needed to expand its boundaries. He also is a symbol of exploration that has been carried on throughout the generations of Americans. Jefferson hired Meriwether Lewis and William Clark to follow the Missouri River into the Louisiana Purchase and find out where it started as well as document what landscape, flora, fauna, and people live in the massive tract of land our president had purchased. This ideology of exploration has been carried on through generations of Americans from going into space, landing on the moon and most recently having a satellite pass by the dwarf plant Pluto and on to outside of our solar system. The ideology of develop is also displayed with the choice of displaying President Jefferson through his purchase and exploration of the new land. By doubling the size of our nation, which shows he wanted to develop our nation into not only a bigger country but a more diverse country with many new opportunities for its citizens. President Jefferson’s patriotism is shown through his involvement in writing the Declaration of Independence,

The memorial itself is beyond beautiful: radiating a kind of halo just before sunset that nearly encapsulates where the Twin Towers once stood. The two walls are made from “architecturally finished concrete” with the 746-deceased family members from New Jersey etched in stainless steel. The memorial was initially built to “reflect the legacies of those whose lives were lost, that their unfulfilled dreams and hopes may result in a better future for society. Their unique qualities and characteristics enriched our lives immeasurably and through this memorial, their stories live on.” (Jordan, 2011)