I believe that a group or an agency should consider these factors when building a monument. My main factors are it’s an artful way for someone to remember a person or a piece of history. It shows respect and honor to that person. Monuments as well give people different emotions and perceptions of people and history. It’s not easy but it could be done.
Monuments gives people emotions that they wouldn't get by just reading about it or hearing it. For example the Vietnam monuments in Washington DC gives us an emotion of sympathy for the soldiers and as well sorrow. Monuments as well bring communities together and more it's an area that shows we are all related somehow. Kirk Savage explains in his text the benefits and reasons behind the …show more content…
Then he writes “Where the imagined community actually materializes and the existence of the nation is confirmed in a simple but powerful way.” In other words it is telling us that the monument proves that a person or piece of history affected all of us and the monument acknowledges that. In Kirk’s writing continues to provide the positive factors of building a monument, “the monumental core in Washington functions somewhat live a pilgrimage site, where communities of believers actually come together in the act of occupying a holy site.” Kirk is giving an example in his writing that it doesn’t just remind people about history it brings them together. There’s more reasons why building a monument should be considered. “Why make a pilgrimage to a site with no historical significance to read text that was already everywhere? The answer is simple: the monument manufactures its own aura.” That means monuments gives a different feeling than just reading about that person or about the history. You get to actually see what the person or piece of history looked like. It has …show more content…
That outcome becomes a factor for when building a monument because it's a reason to build one. In Christine Musser text she talks about how making a Holocaust monument will make things more diverse and bring people together. There are people that don't want the monument to be built because “Who did little to stop the Holocaust from occurring, or as one protester said, ‘Imagine a holocaust museum in the town whose political sages refused to lift a finger to halt the Holocaust or open our shores to the few survivors! How offensive to any informed individual!’” I understand what they're talking about but we still helped and brought many refugees here. For example what if we never built the African American museum and monuments of African Americans because we treated them badly and never helped them. Does it sound uneducated, right? These are the negative factors when building a monument, It’s how people view that person or piece of history. That’s why we need to accept people and honor those who deserve it. In Christine’s text, she writes “As the controversy grew, the supporters of the museum felt that building a museum on The Mall would enhance The Mall’s already diverse stories,” In other words building the monument won't bring hate it’ll show that we as a country accept everyone. That's as well another factor for when building a monument is the way people view the monument, but what
Monuments gives people emotions that they wouldn't get by just reading about it or hearing it. For example the Vietnam monuments in Washington DC gives us an emotion of sympathy for the soldiers and as well sorrow. Monuments as well bring communities together and more it's an area that shows we are all related somehow. Kirk Savage explains in his text the benefits and reasons behind the …show more content…
Then he writes “Where the imagined community actually materializes and the existence of the nation is confirmed in a simple but powerful way.” In other words it is telling us that the monument proves that a person or piece of history affected all of us and the monument acknowledges that. In Kirk’s writing continues to provide the positive factors of building a monument, “the monumental core in Washington functions somewhat live a pilgrimage site, where communities of believers actually come together in the act of occupying a holy site.” Kirk is giving an example in his writing that it doesn’t just remind people about history it brings them together. There’s more reasons why building a monument should be considered. “Why make a pilgrimage to a site with no historical significance to read text that was already everywhere? The answer is simple: the monument manufactures its own aura.” That means monuments gives a different feeling than just reading about that person or about the history. You get to actually see what the person or piece of history looked like. It has …show more content…
That outcome becomes a factor for when building a monument because it's a reason to build one. In Christine Musser text she talks about how making a Holocaust monument will make things more diverse and bring people together. There are people that don't want the monument to be built because “Who did little to stop the Holocaust from occurring, or as one protester said, ‘Imagine a holocaust museum in the town whose political sages refused to lift a finger to halt the Holocaust or open our shores to the few survivors! How offensive to any informed individual!’” I understand what they're talking about but we still helped and brought many refugees here. For example what if we never built the African American museum and monuments of African Americans because we treated them badly and never helped them. Does it sound uneducated, right? These are the negative factors when building a monument, It’s how people view that person or piece of history. That’s why we need to accept people and honor those who deserve it. In Christine’s text, she writes “As the controversy grew, the supporters of the museum felt that building a museum on The Mall would enhance The Mall’s already diverse stories,” In other words building the monument won't bring hate it’ll show that we as a country accept everyone. That's as well another factor for when building a monument is the way people view the monument, but what