The purpose behind monuments is the rememberence of history that was made that made a big impact on the world or a country. The purpose is also so that people can go to the place where the monument is located and remember or teach others about it. Monuments do bring people together, like the Vietnam Wall people go to thank people who served and get others can join with them to remember everything they did. Reactions that they bring out of people are different because sometimes people dont know how to react to the situation because some dont know how other people would see them if they reacted a way. Also because some men who would want to go see a monument may want to cry because the situation but most dont because some believe that crying
