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Introducing Memorials and Monuments

Use these photographs of various monuments and memorials to get students thinking about the role and purpose of monuments in a society.
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Language

English — US

Subject

  • History
  • Social Studies
  • Democracy & Civic Engagement
Relief depicting firefighters providing aid on 9/11.
Relief depicting firefighters providing aid on 9/11.
Statue of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial at night.
Statue of Lincoln at the Lincoln Memorial at night.
Visitors walk by the Vietnam Veterans monument with flowers and notes left in front of it.
Visitors walk by the Vietnam Veterans monument with flowers and notes left in front of it.
Four golden squares with inscriptions are built into the sidewalk.
Four golden squares with inscriptions are built into the sidewalk.

FDNY Battalion 9 Memorial

This memorial commemorates the New York City firefighters of Battalion 9 who lost their lives on September 11.

Credit:
Elwood j blues, CC BY-SA 3.0

The Lincoln Memorial

The Lincoln Memorial, which overlooks the National Mall in Washington, D.C., honors the life and death of the 16th US president.

Credit:
Izx, CC BY-SA 3.0

Vietnam Veterans Memorial

This memorial in Washington, D.C. contains the names of Americans who fought and died in the Vietnam War.

Credit:
Kkmd, CC BY-SA 3.0

Stolpersteine

Stolpersteine (stumbling stones) in Sušice, Czech Republic, mark the site where the four members of the Gutmann family lived before they were murdered in the Holocaust. 

Credit:
David Sedlecký, CC BY-SA 4.0

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