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.
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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
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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