memorial
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In the town square, people chat amiably in the shadow of a memorial to slain cowboy-hat-wearing mayor Carlos Manzo.
From Barron's • May 18, 2026
Many projects, like the Martin Luther King Jr. memorial and African American history museum, began as the deferred dreams of ordinary citizens.
From Slate • May 18, 2026
See what remains today: In Valentine, Ariz., the Truxton Canyon Training School, where Indigenous children were forcibly sent for assimilation beginning in 1903, still stands near the highway, marked by a small, impermanent memorial.
From Los Angeles Times • May 12, 2026
Mohammadi was arrested last December for making "provocative remarks" at a memorial ceremony, Iranian authorities said at the time.
From BBC • May 10, 2026
“It’s a shame there was no memorial service, but it’s nice, in a way. Now we all have our own last images of him.”
From "The First State of Being" by Erin Entrada Kelly
Vocabulary lists containing memorial
Memorial Day Words
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