Monuments and Memorials

Great Monuments and Memorial Buildings and Structures:

How can we best honor our dead? Should we pay tribute with realistic sculptures of our heroes? Or, will the monument be more meaningful and profound if we choose abstract forms?

Often the most powerful memorials — the monuments that stir strong emotion — are surrounded with controversy. The memorials listed here show various ways architects and designers have chosen to honor heroes, respond to tragedies, or commemorate important events.

World War II Monments and Memorials:

• The National WWII Memorial, Washington DC
• The USS Arizona Memorial at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, USA
• Iwo Jima Memorial

World War I Monuments and Memorials:

• World War I Memorial Washington DC

Holocaust Memorials:

• The Berlin Holocaust Memorial

Vietnam War Monuments and Memorials:

• The Vietnam Veterans Memorial Washington DC
• The Vietnam Veterans Statue Washington D.C.
• Kentucky Vietnam Veterans Memorial Frankfort, Kentucky

Korean War Monuments and Memorials:

• Korean War Memorial Washington DC

Monuments to Leaders:

• Martin Luther King Memorial Seattle, Washington
• Washington Monument Washington DC
• Lincoln Memorial Washington DC
• Jefferson Memorial Washington DC
• Franklin Delano Roosevelt Memorial Washinton DC
• Lenin's Mausoleum Moscow, Russia

September 11 Monuments and Memorials:

• Reflecting Absence
• New York World Trade Center Memorial Finalists
• Pentagon Memorial

More Military Memorials:

• Air Force Memorial Arlington National Cemetery, VA

Monuments and Memorials Around the World:

• Arc de Triomphe, Paris, France
• Monument of Light, Dublin, Ireland
• Australian War Memorial Canberra
• War Memorial Neue Wache Berlin