Memorials can have a profound impact on people. They are places that remind us about things like sacrifice, honor, and traumatic experiences. They are places to respect an event(s) or person(s). There are several important considerations to be made though that an agency should take time to explore when creating a memorial. They include the reason for a memorial, the opinion of people the memorial affects, and the purpose for memorials. Physical memorials are important because they offer something that written textbooks and an orally retold story can't. A memorial can "manufacture its aura" (doc A). A memorial can create an atmosphere of awe and inspiration for those who visit it, whereas the written and oral word, no matter how elegantly
