Showing posts with the label Memorial

PLTD Apung 1: The Tsunami Ship Memorial

Aug 24, 2023

Less than a kilometer from the Tsunami Museum in Banda Aceh, Indonesia, stands another monument that conveys the true power of nature that w...

Dog on The Tuckerbox

Jun 23, 2021

One of Australia’s famous pioneer monuments is located in the small town of Gundagai about half way between Melbourne and Sydney. The monume...

Citizens! During Shelling This Side of The Street is The Most Dangerous

Feb 15, 2021

The city of Saint Petersburg is one of the most beautiful cities in Russia and in eastern Europe, with a great ensemble of historic building...

The Largest War Memorial in The World is a 243 Kilometer Highway

Feb 11, 2021

When the First World War ended, the soldiers who had participated in it and were lucky enough to survive, returned to their homes. As in all...

A Hidden Memorial to Lenin in a Forest

Jul 9, 2020

Vladimir Lenin was a controversial Russian revolutionary leader who has been idolized and demonized in equal proportions since his death in ...

The Rzhev Memorial to Soviet Soldiers

Jun 29, 2020

A towering new statue honoring Soviet soldiers who lost their lives during the Second World War is to be unveiled tomorrow, June 30, in th...

The Murders Written in Stone

Feb 3, 2020

The Ardwell House East Lodge sits right on the edge of A716 that runs along the east coast of the Rhins of Galloway, in southern Scotland. L...

Britain's Last Remaining World War One Memorial Tank

Sep 2, 2019

After the end of the First World War, many British towns received gifts from the National War Savings Committee as recognition for the commu...

Mizuko Kuyo: The Japanese Ritual of Mourning The Unborn

Aug 21, 2019

Losing a child can be very painful, even if that child is yet to be born. In fact, many parents who experienced miscarriages feel the pain i...

Memorial to The First Icelandic Glacier Lost to Climate Change

Jul 30, 2019

Next month, August 2019, a team of researchers and geologists from Rice University in Houston, along with members of the Icelandic Hiking So...

Stolpersteine: The ‘Stumbling Stones’ of Holocaust Victims

Mar 8, 2019

With hundreds of things to see in Berlin, few tourists pay attention to what lies under their feet. The barely four inch by four inch blocks...

The Roadside Shrines of Greece

Mar 4, 2019

Roadside shrines erected in memory of those who lost their lives in road accidents are a common sight across Greece. They are found next to ...

River of Blood: The Memorial to a Civil War Battle That Never Took Place

Apr 30, 2018

In the greens overlooking the Potomac river, between the 14th hole and the 15th tee at the Trump National Golf Club in Lowes Island, Norther...

Honoring Animals Used in Research And Testing

Jan 8, 2018

The United States’ National Academies of Sciences estimates that as many as 22 million vertebrate animals are used every year in the United...

The “Lone Pine” Trees Growing Across Australia

Jun 22, 2017

Many war memorials across Australia have pine trees growing in their grounds. These trees are called “Lone Pines”, and their ancestry can be...

Malaya Zemlya Memorial

Jul 8, 2016

The Malaya Zemlya Memorial in Novorossiysk, Russia, pays homage to a little known but important battle of the Second World War, that eventua...

Vietnam Veterans Dog Tag Memorial in Chicago

May 9, 2016

At the Harold Washington Library in Chicago is a new art installation called “Above and Beyond” featuring over 58,000 replica dog tags — one...

Women’s World War 2 Memorials

Mar 12, 2016

All wars change the lives of those they touch, but nothing was as transformative and revolutionary as the Second World War, particularly for...

The Mausoleum of The Martyrdom of Polish Villages

Jan 7, 2016

A beautiful new World War 2 memorial is nearing completion in Michniów in south-central Poland. Set to open in 2016, the Mausoleum of the Ma...

The Lion’s Mound at The Battlefield of Waterloo

Sep 7, 2015

The historic Battle of Waterloo on June 18, 1815, took place near the town of Waterloo, in present day Belgium, in the municipalities of Bra...