Memorials to the Attacks on the United States, September 11, 2001
The Firemen’s Memorial, situated along Riverside Drive at West 100th Street, is one of the most impressive monuments in New York City. The monument was designed by H. Van Buren Magonigle (1867-1935), and its sculptures are attributed to Attilio Piccirilli (1866-1945).
Thank you to Nilesite on Open Salon who suggested this memorial.
The kneeling fireman statute honors 9/11 first responders. Photo by Nicole Guzzardi
“The Kneeling Fireman,” at 6 E. 43rd St. in Midtown is dedicated to the firemen, police officers and all first responders who served during the 9/11 attacks.
During the decade-long period of healing, people in towns across America have been erecting memorials to the nearly 3,000 victims of the 9/11 terror attacks. There are some 700 recorded memorials in the U.S. and more are underway or planned. Most of them are in New York, New Jersey, Massachusetts, and Connecticut, home to the majority of the victims. Others are hundreds of miles away, such as one in North Dakota.
Boston College 9/11 Memorial Labyrinth
Photo: Boston College
The labyrinth, symbolic of the journey to the holy land, is dedicated to the 22 Boston College alumni killed in 9/11, with their names etched on the stone. One of the victims is Welles Crowther, also known as the “Man in the Red Bandanna,” who guided his co-workers to safety and lost his own life.
Greenport, N.Y.
Osprey Memorial “Morning Call”
Photo: Robert Bessin
Photo and text from: http://www.cnbc.com/id/44006075/September_11_Memorials_Across_America?slide=8
Memorial to World War II
Eternal Flame Memorial, WW II
Memorial to World War I
Burning endlessly in remembrance of the December 7, 1941 attack on Pearl Harbor, the Eternal Flame Memorial stands just across the street from the Hawaii State Capitol Building.
World War One
French stained glass memorial window to an infantry soldier, Paris
Photo by GFreihalter. From Wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I_memorials
Memorial to Victims of Lockerbie Bombing, Scotland
Lockerbie Memorial:
A large stained glass memorial window to the 270 victims is located in council chamber of Lockerbie Townhall.
The six panels, three small and three large, shows the flags of the 21 nations affected by the disaster.
Memorial to Victims of Rwanda Genocide
In April 2004, on the 10th Anniversary of the genocide that split Rwanda apart, the Kigali Memorial Centre was inaugurated. The Centre provided an opportunity to offer a place in which the bereaved could bury their families and friends, and over 250,000 victims of the genocide are now buried at the site - a clear reminder of the cost of ignorance.
Memorial to Victims of Hurricane Katrina
Hurricane Katrina Memorial, Biloxi, Miss.
Memorials to Soldiers of the American Civil War
Returned soldier monument: An 1867 marble statue depicting a Civil War cavalry officer being greeted by a young girl stands outside Connecticut’s home for veterans in Rocky Hill. The statue was sculpted by Larkin Goldsmith Mead, a New Hampshire native who moved to Italy. Some of his other public works include the statues on Abraham Lincoln’s tomb in Springfield, Ill.
http://ctmonuments.net/2009/11/returned-soldier-monument-rocky-hill/
The Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch in Hartford, CT
http://ctmonuments.net/2010/02/soldiers’-and-sailors’-memorial-arch-hartford/
A Bushnell Park archway with two towers and a life-sized frieze honors Hartford’s Civil War veterans.
The 1886 Soldiers’ and Sailors’ Memorial Arch features two medieval towers alongside an archway that spans Trinity Street. A dedication on the east tower (the right tower as you stand with your back to the Capitol building) reads, “In honor of the men of Hartford who served, and in memory of those who fell on land and on sea in the war for the Union, their grateful townsmen have raised this memorial.”
The west tower has a dedication plaque reading, “During the Civil War, 1861 – 1865, more than 4,000 men of Hartford bore arms in the national cause, nearly 400 of whom died in the service. Erected 1885.”
I included the above memorial because last year, when researching our family's genealogy, I learned that my ancestors helped found Hartford, Connecticut. So, information on this city has become interesting to me...
Memorial to the Soldiers of the Spanish-American War
"The Hiker" statue at Roosevelt Square, Main & Huron Streets, downtown Buffalo, 2009.
Spanish-American War
"The Hiker" statue was created by New York City sculptor Allen G. Newman (1875-1940); he copyrighted it in 1904. For a time it served as the official monument of the United Spanish War Veterans organization. The name "hiker" was the term infantry men used to address one another casually in the 19th century; "Hello, Hiker!" was a common greeting. Buffalo's statue was dedicated on May 29, 1920. Some other castings of Newman's "Hiker" statue are installed in Pittsburgh, PA; Ypsilanti, MI; Staten Island, NY; Southbridge, MA; Woonsocket, RI; Westerly, RI; Wichita, KS; Arlington National Cemetery, VA.
Memorial to U.S. Pioneers
Pioneer Mother
Located in the southwest quadrant of Capitol Square, this statue was dedicated on May 11, 1937. The memorial represents the confident and watchful pioneer mother protecting her children. It was donated by the Kansas Pioneer Women’s Association, founded by women who came to Kansas as pioneers or were daughters of early settlers. http://www.kshs.org/p/kansas-state-capitol-online-tour-lincoln-statue/16578
Memorial to those shot at Kent State University in 1970
May 4, 1970 Memorial, Kent State University, Kent, Ohio
http://www.kentstate1970.org/
I attended Kent State from 1974-1978. These markers were not there at that time. I used to roll down this hill in the leaves in the fall. Sit on this hill to draw, to read, to visit with friends. In 1971-1972 I lived in Engleman Hall, very near this hill, the lilac bushes outside my window embedding within the young me a life-long love of that sweet, spring scent.
I have never seen these memorials in person. I wonder what it is like to see them on this hill.
Memorial to those who served in the Persian Gulf War
Bucks County Persian Gulf War Memorial Marker
Marker is on the south grounds of the Bucks County government complex, near the intersection of Main and Court Streets. Marker is in this post office area: Doylestown PA 18901, United States of America.
Gulf War Memorial
See photos here: http://www.gulfwarmemorial.org/photos/photos-views-of-memorial.htm
This Memorial is the result of a grieving father's love; he wanted his son to always be remembered. So with the help of a determined committee we set out to not only honor Cumberland's native son PFC Brandon L. Davis, who was killed in action in Fallujah, Iraq, but all Americans who grieve for their fallen soldiers.
Today, memorials can take forms different than in past generations.
Here are photo collections of the Armenian Deportation and Genocide (1915-1919)
Hurricane Andrew Remembered, 20th Anniversary Book Project
World War II Overseas Scrapbook
“The Days of Used to Be” Nov. 22, 1917; from: Scrapbook pages from the unbound scrapbook of an unidentified member of the 78th Infantry Division of the U.S. Army, on duty in France from the time of his departure from New York on May 19, 1918 to his return and discharge on May 29, 1919. World War I Scrapbook, Mss. Acc. 2009.309, Special Collections Research Center, Swem Library, College of William and Mary.
