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Memorials

Berlin, Germany

Stolpersteine Holocaust Memorials

Tiny memorials honor individual victims of the Holocaust.

The Sweetheart Memorial in Fort Devens.

Devens, Massachusetts

Sweetheart Memorial

A tribute to the couples who brave long periods of separation during wartime.

The statue.

District of Columbia

The Winfield Scott Memorial

The sculptor was instructed to add “stallion attributes” to the general's bronze mare.

Streetview.

Washington, D.C.

Vigilant Firehouse

‘Bush the old fire dog died of poison July 5th, 1869. RIP.’

The Tatyana Markus memorial.

7 Overlooked Memorials to the Heroes Who Fought Nazis

These women and men faced terrible danger and deserve to be remembered.

Michael Inscoe September 1, 2017

Kilroy Was Here.

Washington, D.C.

Kilroy Was Here

There’s a hidden military meme engraved on the World War II Memorial.

Permanently Closed

Johns Creek, Georgia

Monkey Massacre Memorial

The statues commemorate the legendary mass killing of escaped circus monkeys.

Mauthausen Memorial.

Marbach, Austria

Mauthausen Memorial

The site of Austria's biggest concentration camp now honors its victims.

The burial site of Old Pitt, the elephant.

Dillon, Montana

Old Pitt's Burial Site

The famous 102-year-old circus elephant was struck and killed by lightning.

The grave.

Washington, New Hampshire

Grave of Captain Jones's Leg

A gravestone marks where a man's lost limb was laid to rest.

The Life of Christ (1990) by Keith Haring

San Francisco, California

AIDS Interfaith Memorial Chapel

The first AIDS memorial chapel in San Francisco and one of only a few in the U.S.

The statues seen from the back, from NE 18th Avenue

North Miami Beach, Florida

Miami Showmen's Association Rest

A gaudy painted elephant stands in memory of south Florida's fallen carnies.

Duckmanton, England

Walking Together

A poignant memorial to the 106 coal miners killed in three major accidents in Derbyshire.

The Notorious B.I.G.'s Childhood Basketball Courts Have Been Renamed in His Honor

The change has been in the works for years.

Cara Giaimo August 4, 2017

Wrocław, Poland

Przejście (Passage)

A striking public sculpture representing the period of martial law in Communist Poland.

British cycling troops during the Battle of the Somme.

Meriden, England

National Cyclists Memorial

The obelisk honors the cyclist troops who were killed during World War I.

North to Freedom.

Chamberlain Freedom Park

Maine’s only official memorial to the Underground Railroad.

The Homomonument

Amsterdam, Netherlands

Homomonument

Three connected pink triangles memorialize persecuted gays and lesbians throughout history.