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    Monuments in the US should be taken down and here is my reason why. One of the things I think that Monuments should be taken down is because most of them have very dark parts of our history. One reason why is that some “monuments have some racial offencenses and make some our citizen uncomfortable”. (brophy) and that's not really good for the public we want citizens to be comfortable in our country. Also one of reasons it should monuments should come down is that some people litary kill just to

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    high for some purposes. Some memorials are outstanding in their craftsmanship and aesthetics. This makes people wonder what could be lurking inside the memorial, or what is near that memorial. What we’ve got here is a formula, striking looks of the monument is almost guaranteed to attract some form of attention. According to Source G, the analogy of tainting the planet with specific memorials are ridiculous, “I imagined taking a knife and cutting into the earth, opening it up, an initial violence and

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    have left an impact of the area in which they are. The United States of America has many landmarks, like the Seattle Space Needle, that really don’t have any meaning. We also have some monuments that do have meaning like the St. Louis Arch which is signifying the gateway to the west. But neither of these monuments have nearly the amount of history within them as the ones I am going to share with you today. I am going to get a round trip to three completely different and unique areas and I am going

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    The violence continues as statues keep coming down in America currently. My goal today is to explain why the confederate statue should stay or should be taken down everywhere in the United States. There is three Main points that I’m going to states and defend in this Essay and tell you why I believe in them and there purposes. First why we need to keep them and not take them down. Second they will help educated the future people for the better. Last of all I think that we should keep the statues

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    Robert E Lee Research Paper

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    once celebrated monument of Robert E. Lee was constructed years after the civil war. This monument was paraded down the streets in Virginia before being placed on Monument Avenue. The monument, eventually accompanied by others, located on Monument Avenue stood as a beacon to southern pride and heritage. Wealthy white southerners flocked to these streets to be the first to build homes in the presence of their widely respected Confederate hero’s monument. The iconic monuments on Monument Avenue are at

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    The issue of whether or not the Confederate statues is in huge debate. Some think that the monuments stand for a lost cause of racism and white pride while others believe the statues should continue to stand for history and reembrace purposes. But should the federal government do anything about the statues? The simple answer for this question is up to the people that live in the town or the district of the city or town. It still comes down to these statues are property. What they stand for should

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    Servicemen Memorial There are many ways to remember and honor the fallen and brave servicemen for all to see, such as outdoor artwork. The Maya Lin’s Vietnam Veterans Memorial and The Three Soldiers are two of the masterpieces that are located at Washington D.C. Though both made by different authors, they are connected to the Vietnam war and have a strong impact of remembering the war. The Three Soldiers was created by Frederick Hart two years after the Memorial Wall in 1982. Although it is very close

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    Analyzing Historical Art

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    C. research and literature review (800 words) Art can be used in several ways so therefore there are many ways to memorialize a historical event. Sculptures are one of the more common ways that historical events are preserved for example many Greek sculptures usually constructed from marble or bronze, like the statue of David which is very well known. Photography is another method of preserving the past, although taking less skill it still retains much of the impact as it literally brings past events

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    What is a memorial ? The definition of memorial is - “something, especially a structure, established to remind people of a person or event.” My views on memorials is simple and straightforward. They are amazing and needed. I believe that memorials are are amazing and needed for the main reasons of to learn about history and when history was made, for example, all of the war memorials as well as memorials dedicated to certain war heroes. Memorials are important to our history because memorials such

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    History of the Monument The Statue of Liberty has had many symbolic representations from its creation. The Statue of Liberty was built by the French and given to United States in 1886. The French valued the democratic meaning and leaders that had prospered in America such as Abraham Lincoln. This view can also be transferred to the American point of view. When an American sees the Statue of Liberty and the Ellis island monument they should remember the history and process that America went through

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