Word: monumentalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...memo, Sullivan wrote that the monuments in the Common have long been associated with military history and while the Commission is "sympathetic to the idea of an Irish famine monument, but is not certain that the Common is the most appropriate location...
Replying to concerns that such a monument would "open a floodgate" of requests from other ethnic groups for similar monuments, O'Connor cited monuments of African Americans, Polish Americans and Italian Americans, asking the Commission, "Aren't you drawing the line with the memorial, Mayor Sheila Doyle Russell insisted the Common has always been "a place where all are equal, all are welcome, and all are recognized and remembered as contributors to our community's collective heritage...
Supporters say the monument represents both local and global histories...
...supporter told the commission that the monument would "send a positive message about immigration in a time when immigrant bashing is a popular pastime...
...monument's pluralistic relevance which appealed most to the commission...