The environment is a very important factor. The monument has to blend with the environment. For example, if the monument is about an awesome person with great power, then the monument should stand tall over the environment. In "Making the Memorial", the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Lin, states "The idea of destroying the park to create something that by its very nature should commemorate life seemed hypocritical, nor was it in my nature." The materials that create a monument play a big role in memorializing the event or people. If someone is trying to memorialize
The environment is a very important factor. The monument has to blend with the environment. For example, if the monument is about an awesome person with great power, then the monument should stand tall over the environment. In "Making the Memorial", the designer of the Vietnam Veterans Memorial, Maya Lin, states "The idea of destroying the park to create something that by its very nature should commemorate life seemed hypocritical, nor was it in my nature." The materials that create a monument play a big role in memorializing the event or people. If someone is trying to memorialize