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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. List of memorials and monuments at Arlington National ...

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    There are over 300,000 headstones and hundreds of memorials at Arlington National Cemetery. Arlington House itself is a memorial to George Washington.The son of Martha Dandridge Custis Washington, John Parke Custis purchased the 1,100-acre (450 ha) tract of wooded land on the Potomac River north of Alexandria, Virginia in 1778.

  4. Monument Park (Yankee Stadium) - Wikipedia

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    Yankees manager Miller Huggins died suddenly in 1929, and the team erected a free-standing monument in front of the flag pole in his honor on May 30, 1932, between games of a Memorial Day doubleheader. [1] The monument consisted of a bronze plaque mounted on an upright block of red granite resembling a headstone. This, in turn, led many Yankee ...

  5. Memorial bench - Wikipedia

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    Memorial bench with plaque ("In loving memory of Peter Charles Longman, 1946-2018") in the City of London. A memorial bench, memorial seat or death bench is a piece of outdoor furniture which commemorates a dead person. Such benches are typically made of wood, but can also be

  6. Iron Mike - Wikipedia

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    Iron Mike statue next to La Fiere bridge in Normandy, France. Iron Mike is the de facto name of various monuments commemorating servicemen of the United States military.The term "Iron Mike" is uniquely American slang used to refer to men who are especially tough, brave, and inspiring; it was originally a nautical term for a gyrocompass, used to keep a ship on an unwavering course.

  7. Roadside memorial - Wikipedia

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    A roadside memorial, also referred to as a descanso, is a marker that usually commemorates a site where a person died suddenly and unexpectedly, away from home. Unlike a grave site headstone , which marks where a body is laid, the memorial marks the last place on earth where a person was alive – although in the past travelers were, out of ...

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