Crazy Horse Memorial

pilgrimage site, where communities of believers actually come together in the act of occupying a holy site, seeing a relic, reenacting a sacred event" (source A). The Lincoln Memorial meets the "criteria" by having the location pertain to Washington D.C. and Lincolns presidency and him living in Washington District of Columbia. The memorial itself contains no actual relic of Lincoln. it is pure representation- a colossal marble statue. (source A). The Lobsterman monument never really had a place, to begin

first thing we should think about before carving a statue into stone for remembrance is the location. The location is very important because people need to be aware of where it is. For example, source C tells us about a great leader named Crazy Horse. His memorial

United States you will find a memorial of some kind. Memorials don't have to be just for one individual but for certain events that went down that needed to remembered and the memories should be cherished eternity. Monuments of honor and achievements can be really good while in other cases there can be great sacrifices in monuments. I will further explain how a monument can vary from being good or bad by using the sources provided for me to use. First of all, Memorial monuments are something that

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

Monuments are used to honor achievement, historic even that happened in the past and respect people who have achieved great things. Monuments have been around for thousands of years and are still being constructed to this day. There are many factors that should be taken into consideration before creating a monument, but location, message or a purpose behind the building of the monument, and having a plan beforehand are the most important factors to consider when an agency or a group tries to memorialize

fear that forgotten history repeats, and communities then strive to create memorials that accurately reflect the lessons learnt, sacrifices made, and complexity of history. As a result, the process of monument-building requires painstaking attention

their invaluable contributions to the united states.Mount Rushmore national memorial features the sixty foot faces of four great american presidents who represent the birth,growth,development and preservation of this country.Open year-around,and near hotels,the park includes a half-mile walking trail,museum,gift shop and dining room.It is a place surrounded by american history,where the names of Gutzon Borglum and crazy horse are still heared;where the buffalo once again run free in Custer State Park

the memorial informing people of something significant in history. It is not the intention to bring the entire history lesson about the subject, but doing so would shame it. Although monuments are intentionally made in commemoration, some do not express the whole truth and some are absolutely meaningless. Monuments are intentionally made to commemorate a case of significance. For example, the Vietnam Veteran’s Memorial was completed in the names on the walls. Source G states this memorial was made

Memorialization As an American, who happens to be half Mexican, memorials are seen differently by many different people; their lust for recognition, or their respect to either a nation’s greatness; or to the protectors of that nation, are a couple central values. However, when creating monuments to memorialize either party, designers must consider many aspects. Such as: what is the purpose of the monument? What does it symbolise and mean? What are the costs, money wise, but also physically? What

monument. For instance the Lincoln Memorial was built on the National Mall, in Washington D.C., a place that is practically a “pilgrimage site”, as said by Kirk Savage in his book Monument Wars (source A). The purpose of the monuments built on the National Mall are to bring about a symbolic aura for the government. The Lincoln Memorial brings this aura by honoring America’s “greatest president of all time”, in the nation’s capitol. Along with Lincoln’s memorial, you have the Constitution Gardens