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Let us build a memorial fit for such pain and suffering

"They shall be remembered forever, They shall be alive forever, They shall be speaking forever, The people shall hear them forever." - Yeats[a]

Is it possible to build a memorial that can truly honour those who suffered at the hands of evil, those who fought against evil, or even harder, for those who died in vain and those who died due to no fault of their own? What you honour is an indication of your core beliefs and values. Who you cherish will mold you and future generations to come. Who you carry forward with you will give shape to nation-states and civilizations. Choose wisely what to honour, remember and knowingly carry forward...

The former Prime Minister of India, Manmohan Singh laying a wreath at the Air India Memorial, at Toronto, in Canada. The memorial is in memory of those who lost their lives onboard Air India Flight 182.
Benjamin Netanyahu and Narendra Modi visiting the Yad Vashem Holocaust Memorial, in Jerusalem, Israel
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The Piskaryovskoye Memorial Cemetery, in St. Petersburg, Russia
The first Prime Minister of India, Jawaharlal Nehru, laying a wreath at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier in Arlington National Cemetery, United States, 1949
The Wahat Al Karama “Oasis of Dignity”, in Abu Dhabi, United Arab Emirates
The Ismaili Somoni Monument, at Dusti Square, Tajikistan
The World War I Memorial, in Neuve-Chapelle, France. Visible is the Neuve-Chapelle Indian Memorial, with the words "To the honour of the Army of India which fought in France and Belgium, 1914-1918, and in perpetual remembrance of those of their dead whose names are here recorded and who have no known grave"[b]
An exhibition inside the National September 11 Memorial & Museum, in New York
Narendra Modi signing the visitors’ book, at the Kigali Genocide Memorial Centre, in Rwanda
The Prime Minister of India paying homage at Space Shuttle Columbia Memorial, in the Arlington National Cemetery near Washington DC. Kalpana Chawla, the first female of Indian origin to go to space, was lost along with the entire Columbia crew.





Note, there is no Wikipedia page for Ismaili Somoni Monument.
(Compiler's note: All images used are taken from already uploaded images on Wikipedia Commons. Emphasis has been to take images making sure the memorials are prominently visible in the photographs, and not the dignitaries. The images in which dignitaries do occupy substantial image space, is due to lack of replacements. Please do suggest better replacements if you find any. Thank you.)

Endnotes

  1. ^ W. B. Yeats, Nine One-Act Plays (1937), p. 36. See, Cathleen ni Houlihan, W. B. Yeats
  2. ^ Commonwealth War Graves Commission
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Really impressed with this gallery. It is thought-provoking and interesting; I think it is a great example of what our editors can do when they want to be creative and to build something worthwhile about a theme. (I can think of many themes that would benefit from such a gallery.) Thanks for including it in the Signpost, I think it's one of the best editorial decisions made in a while. Risker (talk) 22:32, 31 January 2019 (UTC)[reply]

Thanks for the feedback. Kudos to DiplomatTesterMan on the selection of images (disclosure: I selected this submission for publication). The profundity of the individual confronting the weight of history, himself representing a billion more, struck me deeply. ☆ Bri (talk) 22:46, 1 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]
This is wonderful feedback. Thank you. I would also like to thank JohnBod for his insightful comment above related to how readers are understanding the article. Thank you for the comment. Regards.DiplomatTesterMan (talk) 20:26, 2 February 2019 (UTC)[reply]

















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