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Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Washington DC.
Remembering Conflict: Making Sense of War Memorials
What is a monument? Is it the same thing as a memorial? We might think of a monument as something accessible with which we can interact in a way that suits our need to process traumatic past events.…
Parks being fingerprinted by Deputy Sheriff D.H. Lackey after being arrested on February 22, 1956, during the Montgomery bus boycott.jpg - Restoration (JPEG)
Outrage Over Rosa Parks Memorial Bus Seats Raises Important Questions
Early this February, Houston Metro announced the installation of commemorative seat covers to honor Rosa Parks on her birthday. Unfortunately, though perhaps unsurprisingly, the covers struck a nerve…