Word: monumentalize
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Dates: during 1990-1999
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...great step in the right direction," said John T. O'Connor, coordinator of the Campaign for the Irish Famine Memorial, the organization supporting the monument...
...City Council had voted 9-0 at the end of July in favor of a monument to the 1845-49 Irish Potato Famine, in which almost one million Irish died of starvation and disease. The famine led to the emigration of about 1.6 million Irish to the U.S., many to Cambridge...
...sense, there's no point in quibbling with the star's performance; nobody else that I know of could do such a show, and deLima did it well, with humor and grace. Like Winsome Brown of yesteryear (our short institutional memory allows no lasting monument to her toothy glory), she is the rare college performer who has the confidence and power to go it all alone...
Some may argue that this plaque is a monument to blatant colonialization. However, it must be remembered that Harvard was founded as an institution dedicated to the training of Protestant ministers and remained one in the 1650s. The plaque is obviously not a celebration of the religious emphasis of Harvard's origins nor is it intended to praise puritanical conversion. Rather, the plaque is a reminder that our university has been pluralistic from its inception...
...bright spot in Harvard's history. But we should not let this instance of inclusion overshadow the University's long history of exclusion. As Native American Program director Lorie Graham said, "The plaque is just a small piece of the story that needs to be told." Building a monument to Native American alumni is a good first step, but we've only just begun...