Nostalgia occurs within many individuals, communities and overall American society. From reminiscing the King of Rock n Roll, Elvis Presley, or even childhood toys like the Cabbage Patch Kids of the 1980’s. Practically in American society, the desire to reconcile and remember past historical figures or life-changing events lead to the construct of memorials and monuments. Building monuments or memorials are for the soul purpose of commemorating a person or event. Groups or an agency, in charge of constructing a monument or memorializing an event or person, should consider the physical factors of scene, architectural structure, size or even where the material originated from but as well take notice of potential controversy and how much will the people actually connect with the monument or memorial.
Location helps tell the history, more specifically the location of a monument or memorial is one of the key factors to fully capture the legacy or idea of the event or person being remembered. Kirk Savage once stated in his book, Monument Wars, that monuments or memorials offer the sentiment of an “anachronistic experience” and what better way to interpret that experience to the public by constructing the building in it’s “holy site” (Savage). The holy site does not particular have to be connected to a religious sacred ground but it can hold the historical meaning and importance to the event or person being memorialized. Location is key when it is time to consider factors of where a memorial or monument should be construct. The atmosphere and setting can help further remember the actual person or event. A photo of a monument of Christopher Columbus in Riverside Park, Easton, Pennsylvania shows the irrelevant connection of Christopher Columbus and the location (photo). Pennsylvania has nothing to do with Columbus so that allows for the historic value vanish, meaning the location does have value. The 9/11 Memorial and Pearl Harbor Memorial are one of the most recognizable memorials in the country and all constructed in the location of the tragic event occured. It would not make sense of the 9/11 Memorial built within the city of Santa Ana, California, it must be in New York in order to truly focus on the memory. The scenery plays a grand effect to capture the history. Even the very architectural structure or size must be taken into consideration in order to become a symbol that captures the legacy behind the person or event. Although at the same the monument becomes a symbol it must not then be interpreted to some individuals as racist or controversial to their perspective, there must be a balance. In an article by Christine Musser, “Preserving Memory”, talks about how the design or structure of the building can create controversy among individuals, even states that some felt a design too “massive” is horrible (Musser). Controversy and disagreements with againes or groups in charge of setting up a memorial or monument will not be efficient or productive. The design of the building is one of most significant and important aspects, it gives the external feeling towards the memorial. Massive is a negative connotation and does not bring a nice remembrance to a memorial or monument. The very design and size are all pieces of a puzzle so when put together it creates the …show more content…
In American society, individuals can look at even the finest details and see what does not connect to them, ultimately finding a flaw in the object or idea. In an outline opinion article by Lawrence Downes, expresses the idea that Crazy Horse Memorial is seen as an object that defaces nature (Downes). The memorial might have a use for hard old-fashionable cement as the material which in the eyes of the public goes against green grassy nature. Cement can be seen as a relation to buildings in a city so some individuals would find it as a crime against green beautiful nature since cities only bring pollution to mother nature. Just by the texture, a memorial or monument can be viewed as a negative for the public. A specific memorial known as the “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”, consists of black granite material that was supposed to be originated from Russia. Although there was controversy about how history went down that resulted in the agreement the material should not be originated from
Location helps tell the history, more specifically the location of a monument or memorial is one of the key factors to fully capture the legacy or idea of the event or person being remembered. Kirk Savage once stated in his book, Monument Wars, that monuments or memorials offer the sentiment of an “anachronistic experience” and what better way to interpret that experience to the public by constructing the building in it’s “holy site” (Savage). The holy site does not particular have to be connected to a religious sacred ground but it can hold the historical meaning and importance to the event or person being memorialized. Location is key when it is time to consider factors of where a memorial or monument should be construct. The atmosphere and setting can help further remember the actual person or event. A photo of a monument of Christopher Columbus in Riverside Park, Easton, Pennsylvania shows the irrelevant connection of Christopher Columbus and the location (photo). Pennsylvania has nothing to do with Columbus so that allows for the historic value vanish, meaning the location does have value. The 9/11 Memorial and Pearl Harbor Memorial are one of the most recognizable memorials in the country and all constructed in the location of the tragic event occured. It would not make sense of the 9/11 Memorial built within the city of Santa Ana, California, it must be in New York in order to truly focus on the memory. The scenery plays a grand effect to capture the history. Even the very architectural structure or size must be taken into consideration in order to become a symbol that captures the legacy behind the person or event. Although at the same the monument becomes a symbol it must not then be interpreted to some individuals as racist or controversial to their perspective, there must be a balance. In an article by Christine Musser, “Preserving Memory”, talks about how the design or structure of the building can create controversy among individuals, even states that some felt a design too “massive” is horrible (Musser). Controversy and disagreements with againes or groups in charge of setting up a memorial or monument will not be efficient or productive. The design of the building is one of most significant and important aspects, it gives the external feeling towards the memorial. Massive is a negative connotation and does not bring a nice remembrance to a memorial or monument. The very design and size are all pieces of a puzzle so when put together it creates the …show more content…
In American society, individuals can look at even the finest details and see what does not connect to them, ultimately finding a flaw in the object or idea. In an outline opinion article by Lawrence Downes, expresses the idea that Crazy Horse Memorial is seen as an object that defaces nature (Downes). The memorial might have a use for hard old-fashionable cement as the material which in the eyes of the public goes against green grassy nature. Cement can be seen as a relation to buildings in a city so some individuals would find it as a crime against green beautiful nature since cities only bring pollution to mother nature. Just by the texture, a memorial or monument can be viewed as a negative for the public. A specific memorial known as the “Vietnam Veterans Memorial”, consists of black granite material that was supposed to be originated from Russia. Although there was controversy about how history went down that resulted in the agreement the material should not be originated from