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MONUMENT

OR MEMORIAL

Is There a Difference?

What are monuments? How about memorials? And what’s
the difference? Both monuments and memorials are designed
to commemorate something or someone important,
usually a famous person or a big event. Some
say memorials more often honor the death
of a historic figure or a tragic event. But most
people use the two words to mean the same

thing. For example, the Washington Monument
is classified as a memorial, not a monument!
So, is there a difference? Kind of, but not really.

NEW HAMPSHIRE
VERMONT
NORTH
WASHINGTON MAINE
MONTANA DAKOTA WEST VIRGINIA
OREGON SOUTH MINNESOTA NEW MASSACHUSETTS
YORK
IDAHO DAKOTA WISCONSIN MICHIGAN RHODE ISLAND
WYOMING PENNSYLVANIA
NEBRASKA IOWA OHIO CONNECTICUT
NEVADA ILLINOIS INDIANA D.C.
UTAH COLORADO VIRGINIA NEW JERSEY
KANSAS MISSOURI KENTUCKY NORTH DELAWARE
TENNESSEE CAROLINA
CALIFORNIA
OKLAHOMA ARKANSAS SOUTH MARYLAND
CAROLINA
ARIZONA NEW MEXICO MISSISSIPPI ALABAMA GEORGIA
TEXAS LOUISIANA FLORIDA

Arizona and California are
tied for the most national Washington, D.C., has the most
monuments with 18 each! national memorials—11 of them.

The United States has 128 national
4 monuments and 30 national memorials.