Word: monumentalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...Build a taxpayers' monument; list all 270 million of our names...
...head north on I-95 to New York City and Yankee Stadium, site of more than 30 World Series since it opened in 1923. Take advantage of the fact that the Bronx Bombers are on the road by doing the stadium's behind-the-scenes tour. Don't miss Monument Park in deep center field, where you'll find tributes to Yankee greats like Babe Ruth and "Iron Man" Lou Gehrig. You can see a game in the Big Apple, at Shea Stadium, home of the Mets, who have a three-game stand against Philadelphia July 16-18. Shea...
...least one night in a city hotel, inn or bed and breakfast (call the Fredericksburg Visitor Center for complete lodging information). While you're in the neighborhood, visit the James Monroe Museum and Memorial Library, where Monroe had his first law office, and the George Washington Birthplace National Monument, about 38 miles west...
...Union Army generals declared, it's on to Richmond, capital of the Confederacy. Stay at the Jefferson Hotel, a deluxe property that has played host to everyone from Theodore Roosevelt to Elvis Presley. Richmond is a trove of Civil War memorabilia (the Museum and White House of the Confederacy, Monument Avenue and the Richmond National Battlefield) and also boasts sites like St. John's Episcopal Church, where Patrick Henry gave his "Give me liberty or give me death" speech in 1775. A $15 block ticket gives access to more than 36 museums, houses, hotels and churches, available through the Richmond...
...Kelly's monument still stands just outside the iron fence of Harvard Yard where Straus Hall ends. His face keeps watch on all those who pass--the students, tourists, shopkeepers, punks, and derelicts who rush to descend into the tunnels he helped to build, hopping onto the Red Line or just-muttering to themselves while wandering aimlessly, looking for a place to urinate. With the recent erection of the "Magnetic Poetry Wall," some may believe that the spirit of Harvard Square has reached its nadir, particularly if one is reading the latest attempt at actual verse or simply another adolescent...