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memorial

[muh-mawr-ee-uhl, -mohr-] / məˈmɔr i əl, -ˈmoʊr- /




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Some at the memorial took solace in seeing so many like-minded devotees come out to the serene mountain setting to remember the avian matriarch.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 4, 2026

It is a living memorial to a president who was taken from us too soon, a man who had the audacity to aim for the moon before the science existed to get us there.

From Los Angeles Times ● Oct. 3, 2026

The GoFundMe fund-raiser was launched by Kate Jones to help cover Harrison's funeral and memorial costs, as well as household bills and essential expenses while his parents take time away from work to grieve.

From BBC ● Oct. 3, 2026

“No one will ever dictate which heroes we should honor,” he said in June as he unveiled plans for a memorial complex in Kyiv listing the names of Ukrainian resistance fighters such as the UPA.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 27, 2026

Early the next morning, Ann Atwater and Howard Fuller joined students for a memorial service for Dr. King at the NCC chapel.

From "The Best of Enemies" by Osha Gray Davidson

The survivors carved their unspeakable grief into the landscape with the erection of thousands of war memorials.

From BBC ● Sep. 17, 2026

On college campuses, the day is now often observed through academic discussions instead of memorials.

From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 11, 2026

Words can only explain so much about what it is like to visit these memorials, or to touch them.

From The Wall Street Journal ● Sep. 10, 2026

They encounter what happened through photographs, documentaries, memorials, classroom lessons and stories told by people who were alive on that day.

From Salon ● Sep. 8, 2026

She was drawn to World War I memorials, which often listed the names of those killed in action.

From "Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam" by Elizabeth Partridge




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