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The need to memorialize certain events and people is big deal in the United States. Everywhere you travel in the 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

Monuments are a way you can immortalize a person. There are many ways to create monuments such as writing a book, Speeches, even sculpting. Many factors play into creating a monument of a person. When honoring a person you have to look at the location, size, and material and the significance of the monument. When a group first considers on memorializing a person through a monument, they should figure out the location that best fits the monument. A public area, in a nice park or a place that is most

El día de los Muertos, also known as, Day of the Dead, is celebrated starting on October 31st, Halloween, and ends on November 2 of each year. It is a Mexican holiday, primarily a Catholic holiday, celebrated throughout Mexico, the Central and South regions. The significance of this celebration is prayer and remembrance of friends and family members who have died. On November 1st, the children would be the first to return to Earth and then on November 2nd, the adults would follow, which is why November

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

Day of the Dead The Day of the dead is a very interesting holiday celebrated on November 1 and 2, traditionally in Mexico or other Spanish speaking countries. The holiday is used to celebrate and honor peoples dead loved ones. Usually people make creative altars dedicated for their loved ones and decorate them with sugar skulls, candles, flowers, food, and other items that the person being honored enjoyed. It is believed that on this holiday the dead loved ones come down from heaven and visit their

Monument is a significant symbol that carries memories and histories, each and every one of them have a different meaning and their own story behind; no matter it’s a honor moments of great achievement or a tragic moments of deep sacrifices, the purpose is to create memorial to the past. A monument not only tells tale but also takes hard work; to realized the value, the purpose, intention, and meaning are the goals underneath the surface. Monuments are not only for memorial purpose but for significant

Throughout many recent years, there has been a great deal of speculation about whether we should celebrate Columbus Day; whether Christopher Columbus, the man with a holiday named after him, the man who “discovered” America, was really hero. There are people who claim that Columbus was, in fact, someone to be celebrated. This is false. Christopher Columbus was, most blatantly put, a villain. He deserves this status because he did not discover the land now known as America, he forced his beliefs onto

Within the following discussion and analysis, we will be looking at the punk rock group Green day song, American Idiot. This song is the title track of their seventh studio album of which shares the same name. Which was release as a single on August 31, 2004, just three weeks before the release of the full album on September 20, 2004. The central idea of the song focusses on the idea that people are being told how think or view certain things by an over bias media. It should also be noted that this

missing face on his families ofrendas but also includes the latino annual tradition of remembering their loved ones who have passed. Coco explains the easy explanation and culture for young kids to understand the Day of the Dead. This movie represents the culture and traditions of The Day of the Dead correctly, however, some parts of this holiday is missing. The biggest tradition is the ofrendas. In the movie it is portrayed as it would in the regular world. The ofrendas is something most to all

Occurring on the 25th of April, ANZAC Day is the widely celebrated annual day of commemoration where we remember the soldiers that have fought in any war on behalf of Australia or New Zealand. Specifically, it commemorates the First World War, the first war that Australians fought in as a nation and the trench warfare at Gallipoli and the Western Front. It is an important day for many Australians especially those who fought and whose family fought in war. It is a day where thousands of Australian’s gather