monuments

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The Revolution, in this telling, survived less in monuments than in the recurring effort to interpret it.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 22, 2026

The plaza where Manzo was slain is now filled with monuments — large photographs and posters featuring his quotes and an altar where people leave flowers, candles and handwritten notes.

From Los Angeles Times • May 18, 2026

"I understood we had some sort of a process to clean up our national monuments, and I don't feel like he went through that process," she said.

From Barron's • May 15, 2026

Among the most recent scheduled monuments are gun emplacements and anti-invasion defences from World War Two.

From BBC • May 13, 2026

In the fall of 1980, Maya Lin was a senior at Yale University, taking a class on funereal architecture, studying how cemeteries and monuments reflect attitudes toward death.

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