Word: artifacts
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...memorial is not merely an artifact of the past. By its very nature it is a key to the future, a means of moving on from beyond the shadows of the past. Not only does it speak of what was, but it aspires to speak of that which ought to be. In our case, such a memorial speaks of a country once tragically divided which now aspires to an authentic reconciliation, an elusive goal always ahead of us, always in the future...
...always to be "enemy" and "victor" with no hope of transcending those designations that kill and divide, then it appears that we can take no profit from tragedy and that the future will always be held hostage to the past. A memorial is not merely an artifact of the past. By its very nature it is a key to the future, a means of moving on from beyond the shadows of the past. Not only does it speak of what was, but it aspires to speak of that which ought to be. In our case such a memorial speaks...
...Peabody Museum returned a sacred pole to the Omaha in 1989 and a war god artifact to the Zuni, according to Isaac...
Harvey Lewis, co-chair of the Louisbourg Commemoration Society, is pleased that the Louisbourg artifact was returned to the Canadian town which claims...
Sullivan's point, that the plaques do little harm, is well taken, but their prominent place within a public building--even as a historical artifact--suggests that the city of Cambridge endorses certain religious views. We cannot apply a utilitarian calculus to our civil rights. While the Constitution seeks to prevent any such state church, there is no such guarantee to local history. If the plaques would be unjustified today, we cannot keep them there because they were put up yesterday...