#memorial

There's intense national feeling in America that could be called patriotism. ↗

— Michael Ignatieff

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There will be a competition for the memorial. And then it can be developed with trees, with planting. It can become a very beautiful place protected from the streets, because it is below. And it can be something very moving and very private. ↗

— Daniel Libeskind

#beautiful place #because #become #below #competition

When I was building the Vietnam Memorial, I never once asked the veterans what it was like in the war, because from my point of view, you don't pry into other people's business. ↗

— Maya Lin

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Every memorial in its time has a different goal. ↗

— Maya Lin

#every #goal #memorial #time

I deliberately did not read anything about the Vietnam War because I felt the politics of the war eclipsed what happened to the veterans. The politics were irrelevant to what this memorial was. ↗

— Maya Lin

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I started studying what the nature of a monument is and what a monument should be. And for the World War III memorial I designed a futile, almost terrifying passage that ends nowhere. ↗

— Maya Lin

#designed #ends #futile #i #iii

While tributes to Americans who had lost their lives in battle had been held in a number of towns across the nation, one of the more well-known stories about the beginnings of Memorial Day is the story about General John Logan. ↗

— John Linder

#across #battle #been #beginnings #day

As America celebrates Memorial Day, we pay tribute to those who have given their lives in our nation's wars. ↗

— John M. McHugh

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Patriotism is supporting your country all the time, and your government when it deserves it. ↗

— Mark Twain

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And there's the Victoria Memorial, built as a memorial to Victoria. ↗

— David Dimbleby

#memorial #victoria