Thesaurus results for MONUMENTS

monuments

noun

plural of monument

as in tombstones

a shaped stone laid over or erected near a grave and usually bearing an inscription to identify and preserve the memory of the deceased the Quakers disapproved of monuments, regarding them as idolatrous, so thousands of Nantucketers spend their eternal rest in complete anonymity

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as in reminders

something that serves to keep alive the memory of a person or event a moving monument to the great war and a tribute to the untold millions who died in it

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Recent Examples of monuments Unlike the expansive battlefields and grand monuments that make up much of the park service, the Women’s Rights National Historical Park blends into the rest of the town, two unassuming brick buildings accompanied by an outdoor memorial and a small parking lot. —

Beverly Gage, The Atlantic, 5 Apr. 2026 The United States is filled with memorials and monuments to its past. —

Encyclopedia Britannica, 2 Apr. 2026 Powell said the bill would apply to all monuments, although in recent years only monuments to Confederate and segregationist leaders have been under attack. —

Caleb Groves, AJC.com, 1 Apr. 2026 In Russia, czarist monuments were replaced by statues of Communist leaders, which in turn were torn down — statues of Stalin also fell in Hungary, Georgia and Albania. —

Culture Critic, Los Angeles Times, 1 Apr. 2026 Similar monuments to the Ten Commandments stand on the grounds of the state capitols in Texas, Missouri and Colorado. —

Arkansas Online, 1 Apr. 2026 His name and image have already been erased from monuments, streets and murals around the country. —

ABC News, 31 Mar. 2026 Its murals, chambers and monuments tell the story of Iowans who forged agricultural, civil rights and political milestones that helped define the American Midwest. —

Susan Stapleton, Des Moines Register, 31 Mar. 2026 Police say the markers are being stolen from cemeteries, parks and monuments. —

Paul Burton, CBS News, 28 Mar. 2026

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In 1975, the museum purchased his work Georgia Gate, a structure of fluidly bent pine staves inspired by photos of Georgia tombstones the artist saw in musicologist Marshall Stearns’s 1970 book The Story of Jazz.

— News Desk, Artforum, 8 Mar. 2026
Last year, the City Council approved an ordinance to offer rewards for information involving theft of city plaques, tombstones, statues, light standards, and copper wire, and theft of metals linked to the Sixth Street Bridge.

— City News Service, Daily News, 18 Feb. 2026