Many people wonder why there is so many memorials or monuments around the world for specific things. For every memorial there is a meaning behind it and there is value in the monument to the people. Something had happened to change the life of someone or something big enough would change something around the world. In this essay I will explain to you why memorials and monuments are meaningful to people and to everyone in the world. The monument I picked out was the Jefferson National Expansion Memorial. The Gateway Arch was designed by Finnish-American architect Eero Saarinen in 1947. The Jefferson National Expansion Memorial construction started February 12, 1963, and was completed on October 28, 1965. At this time it costs $13 million
