Memorial

For the human rights group, seeMemorial (society).For other uses, seeMemorial (disambiguation).

A wall-mounted memorial toMary CarpenterinBristol Cathedral.

Lightbox used as a memorial.

Amemorialis an object or place which serves as a focus for the memory or the commemoration of something, usually an influential,deceasedperson or a historical,tragic event.Popular forms of memorials include landmark objects such as homes or other sites, orworks of artsuch assculptures,statues,fountainsorparks.Larger memorials may be known asmonuments.

Types

The most common type of memorial is thegravestoneor thememorial plaque.Also common arewar memorialscommemorating those who have died in wars. Memorials in the form of a cross are calledintending crosses.

Online memorialsare often created on websites and social media to allow digital access as an alternative to physical memorials which may not be feasible or easily accessible.

When somebody has died, the family may request that a memorial gift (usually money) be given to a designated charity, or that a tree be planted in memory of the person.Those temporary or makeshift memorials are also called grassroots memorials.

Sometimes, when a student has died, the memorials are placed in the form of a scholarship, to be awarded to high-achieving students in future years.

Memorials to persons or events of major significance may be designated asnational memorials.

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  TheHaymarket Martyrs' Monumentat theForest Home CemeteryinForest Park,Illinois
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  Maqam EchahidinAlgiers,Algeria
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  The memorial monument of the2011 airport disasterinPetrozavodsk,Republic of Karelia
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  Memorial dedicated to the victims of the2010 Polish Air Force Tu-154 crashinSmoleńskat theChurch of St. RochinBiałystok,Poland
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  The Airborne Museum inArnhem,Netherlandscommemorates the liberation of the city during World War II
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  St. Andrew Memorial ChurchinSouth Bound Brook,New Jersey,was built in 1965 to commemorate the victims of theHolodomor
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  Namantar Shahid Smarakcommemorates theNamantar Andolan
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  TheVictoria MemorialofKolkatais an important monument ofIndia
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  The grave memorial for a ten year old disabled boy; Matthew Stanford Robison.Salt Lake City CemeteryUtah.
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  Homemade memorial in Brooklyn, NYC featuring a photo cut-out of the deceased giving themiddle-finger
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  Lincoln MemorialinWashington, D.C.,United States.
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  Chiang Kai-shek Memorial HallinTaipei,Taiwan.
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  AnıtkabirinAnkara,Turkey.
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  Mazar-e-QuaidinKarachi,Pakistan.

See also

• Lists of monuments and memorials
• Ghost bike
• Historical marker
• Memorial bench
• Memorialization
• National monument
• Public history
• Roadside memorial
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• War memorial
• Culture of Remembrance

External links

• Commemorative Landscapes of North Carolina