Word: monumentalizing
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...only his fears about the future, but, more importantly, his abiding faith in the wisdom and decency of ordinary people. Even though Kistiakowsky is gone, citizens still can confirm his faith by carrying on the unfinished business of the peace movement. In so doing, they will build an enduring monument to Kistiakowsky himself--a brilliant scientist and a courageous human being whose inspiring deeds stand as testimony to the power possessed by every dedicated and principled individual...
...black and abstractly unorthodox style of the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial is not a "humiliating antiwar mockery." The architecture challenges the glory associated with war, a misconception often held by those who have never fought in battle. The monument's gloomy nature is consistent with the reality of war. John Geary San Jose, Calif...
President Reagan displayed his misunderstanding of the Viet Nam Veterans Memorial in his remark "We are beginning to appreciate that they were fighting for a just cause." The monument was not established to justify a questionable war. It honors those who fought and died, and serves as a reminder that the wounded are still among us. Barbara Hart McCarthy Eugene...
Unfortunately our Government was not so quick to honor us as it was to send us. It is shameful that the monument had to be funded through private solicitations. Worse is the fact that those who ran from the country were pardoned before those who died were recognized...
...Scruggs for initiating a monument to the Viet Nam dead and thereby giving veterans peace with honor. Robert E. Armstrong West Lafayette...