Non-Boring History

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What Makes A Memorial? (2)

What Makes A Memorial? (2)

ANNETTE ON THE ROAD Part 2: From A Shrine to a Much-Loved President in Washington D.C., to Sacred Ground in a Secluded Wood on the City's Edge. Thoughts on What Makes a Memorial Memorable

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Running in two neat rows down the left side of the photo, the memorials to the enslaved people of Belmont Plantation are as anonymous as the lives …

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