memorial park

noun

Examples of memorial park in a Sentence

Forest Lawn in Glendale, California, is the memorial park that serves as the final resting place for many of Hollywood's greatest.
Recent Examples on the Web The price of crypts at the famous LA memorial park has fluctuated over the years. Leah Dolan, CNN, 27 Mar. 2024 The land was then turned into a memorial park with support from the developer and the city. Gerard Albert, NPR, 1 Mar. 2024 While the cemetery memorial project also is working toward a memorial park and historical marker, the mural’s function is more open-ended. Sanya Kamidi, Baltimore Sun, 15 Jan. 2024 Although the museum had pledged as recently as two years ago to spend at least $30 million on the memorial park, the cost has mushroomed since then. Lori Weisberg, San Diego Union-Tribune, 14 Feb. 2024 His remains were then to be cremated and placed at a memorial park in Gwangju, southeast of Seoul. Patrick Frater, Variety, 12 Jan. 2024 Día de Los Muertos at memorial park: A Día de Los Muertos celebration is set for noon to 4 p.m. Oct. 28 at Glen Abbey Memorial Park and Mortuary, 3838 Bonita Road. Linda McIntosh, San Diego Union-Tribune, 23 Oct. 2023 The Grumman Goose and Boeing Stearman, both on display in the memorial park’s Medal of Honor Aircraft Pavilion, arrived in 2022. John Sharp | Jsharp@al.com, al, 5 Sep. 2023 After dark, when the memorial park across the street empties and office workers head home, Perelman lights up like a lantern. Michael Kimmelman, New York Times, 13 Sep. 2023

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Word History

First Known Use

1927, in the meaning defined above

Time Traveler
The first known use of memorial park was in 1927

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“Memorial park.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memorial%20park. Accessed 23 Apr. 2024.

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