memorial park

Definition of memorial parknext
as in cemetery
a piece of land used for burying the dead Forest Lawn in Glendale, California, is the memorial park that serves as the final resting place for many of Hollywood's greatest

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Recent Examples of memorial park The memorial park is at 25751 Trabuco Road. Heather McRea, Oc Register, 6 Nov. 2025 Guided trolley tours through the memorial parks often sell out weeks in advance — especially as Halloween and the Catholic observances of All Saints and All Souls draw near in October. Ryan MacAsero, Mercury News, 26 Oct. 2025 City officials and community members honored Dr. Ossian Sweet's family by unveiling an educational memorial park. Dana Afana, Freep.com, 14 Aug. 2025 Near the hypocenter, where the bomb detonated about 2,000 feet above, is a peace memorial park and museum that includes the iconic atomic dome. Mai Nishiyama, NBC news, 6 Aug. 2025 See All Example Sentences for memorial park
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Noun
  • Minab has been transformed into a landscape of collective grief, where the rhythm of daily life now includes frequent visits to the cemetery, where small graves are arranged in neat rows, just steps apart, mimicking the order of a school assembly.
    Zohreh Saberi, Los Angeles Times, 6 May 2026
  • Sources in Collingdale Borough government said the cemetery has been inundated for years.
    Joe Holden, CBS News, 5 May 2026
Noun
  • At one point in the exhibition, there is a replica of Bundy's 1968 yellow Volkswagen Beetle, and a makeshift graveyard featuring his victims' names.
    Lexi Lane, PEOPLE, 2 May 2026
  • Left in the thorny bushes of the graveyard is a clue.
    Todd Martens, Los Angeles Times, 28 Apr. 2026

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“Memorial park.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/memorial%20park. Accessed 13 May. 2026.

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