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monuments  

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  • Monuments commemorate a person or an event in history. In relation to death, monuments are built in tribute to the dead, in honor of victims of war and accidents, or as efforts to immortalize someone's deeds and ideas. [Source: Encyclopedia of Death and the Human Experience; Monuments]

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