memorial

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/29/2022
  

  Russia's Memorial Forced to Downsize its Tribute to Stalinist Victims

  “The point in returning the names is that we’re naming the victims,” said Yan Rachinsky, the chairman of Memorial’s board. “But the question inevitably arises: If there are victims of crime, then there are criminals, and there are reasons for the crime. These are no longer things that our authorities are ready to discuss.”

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  10/7/2022
  

  Honored by Nobel Peace Prize, Memorial Preserves Knowledge of Soviet Atrocities and Warns of Present Imperialism

  The Nobel committee gave an implicit rebuke to Russian President Vladimir Putin in honoring the organization, which was shut down as a "terrorist" group last year, forcing some leaders into exile. 

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• SOURCE: Washington Post
  4/23/2020
  

  Joseph Mccoy was Lynched by a Mob in 1897. At a Virtual Remembrance, Officials Vowed not to Forget.

  The young man was taken from jail, beaten and shot before being hanged in front of a cheering crowd.

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• SOURCE: New York Times
  9/9/19
  

  What Happens to Those Heartbreaking Tributes at the 9/11 Memorial

  The expressions of mourning left behind at the 9/11 Memorial and Museum are cleared nightly and preserved.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  1-28-17
  

  50 Years After Apollo Disaster, Memorial for 3 Men, and for Era

  “It is important that Challenger and Columbia are remembered, and that Apollo 1 is remembered,” said the Kennedy Space Center director, Robert D. Cabana.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  7-11-15
  

  NYT editorial weighs in on the long-running dispute over Ike’s memorial

  by NYT Editorial

  National consensus, not family members, should determine the fate of a memorial to a national hero.

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• SOURCE: Politico
  7-4-15
  

  The Memorial Where Slavery Is Real

  America has only one federally funded slave memorial—and it’s been falling apart.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  2-26-15
  

  An Immodest Proposal Rankles a Capital Known for Modesty

  A proposal to build an immense memorial in Ottawa to the global victims of Communism has prompted protests from architects, the mayor and the country’s chief justice.

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• SOURCE: The Washington Post
  10-16-14
  

  Memorial for black Revolutionary War soldiers finds spot on Mall after 30 years

  Last month, Congress unanimously authorized a site for the memorial.

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• SOURCE: NYT
  9-2-14
  

  Monument Seeks to End Silence on Killings of the Disabled by the Nazis

  The victims of the direct medical killings by the Nazis were given their own memorial in the heart of Berlin.