By renaming military bases, the Defense Department dismantles an enduring legacy of the Lost Cause.
Tag: Monuments and Memorials (Structures)
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How We Mourn Covid’s Victims
In Britain, artists lit a structure aflame. At the Jersey Shore, names were carved on shells and rocks. With more than six million dead, memorials have evolved along the way.
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Does Public Art Have an Afterlife?
Public artworks have the power to uplift a city. Sometimes they end up in a museum, but other times in a dumpster.
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Recipes Etched on Gravestone for All Eternity
They say you can’t take it with you, but recipes do disappear when loved ones die. These families have found a novel way to record them for posterity.
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A ‘Sad Kinship’ as Towns Build Memorials to Victims of Mass Shootings
From San Bernardino, Calif., and Aurora, Colo., to Orlando, Fla., and Newtown, Conn., sites of memory honor those killed in gun violence, and survivors.