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  2. Commemorative plaque - Wikipedia

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    A commemorative plaque, or simply plaque, or in other places referred to as a historical marker, historic marker, or historic plaque, is a plate of metal, ceramic, stone, wood, or other material, bearing text or an image in relief, or both, to commemorate one or more persons, an event, a former use of the place, or some other thing. Most such ...

  3. Monumental brass - Wikipedia

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    Brass group of 1378 commemorating Sir John Foxley and his two wives in St Michael's Church, Bray, Berkshire. A monumental brass is a type of engraved sepulchral memorial once found through Western Europe, which in the 13th century began to partially take the place of three-dimensional monuments and effigies carved in stone or wood.

  4. Monumental inscription - Wikipedia

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    A monumental inscription is an inscription, typically carved in stone, on a grave marker, cenotaph, memorial plaque, church monument or other memorial. The purpose of monumental inscriptions is to serve as memorials to the dead. Those on gravestones are normally placed there by members of the deceased's family.

  5. Memorial Plaque (medallion) - Wikipedia

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    The plaques (which could be described as large plaquettes) about 120 mm (4.7 in) in diameter, were cast in bronze, and came to be known as the Dead Man's Penny or Widow's Penny because of the superficial similarity to the much smaller penny coin (which had a diameter of only 30.86 mm (1.215 in)). 1,355,000 plaques were issued, which used a ...

  6. United States Department of Veterans Affairs emblems for ...

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    The following emblems and emblem numbers are publicized as available for government headstones and markers as of January 2025. [9] A process is in place to consider approving additional religious or belief system emblems requested by the families of individuals eligible for these headstones and markers.

  7. Vietnam Veterans Memorial - Wikipedia

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    The first US memorial to an ongoing war, the Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial in Irvine, California, is modeled on the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in that it includes a chronological list of the dead engraved in dark granite. As the memorialized wars (in Iraq and Afghanistan) have not concluded, the Northwood Gratitude and Honor Memorial ...

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