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an exciting period in history that has been memorialized in many popular books and movies
at the entrance to the park stands a statue memorializing the novelist Sir Walter Scott
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The black-and-white clip featured the late John Belushi, dressed as an old man, walking around a graveyard memorializing his co-stars with goofy, sardonic epitaphs; Belushi, of course, preceded most of them in death, giving the comedy a somber tone.
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Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2025
Family and friends memorialized American Airlines flight attendant Danasia Brown-Elder on Saturday as the forever-smiling mom who was always there for them in their times of need.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2025
The 25 signs arrayed around Harlem from West 110th Street to West 163rd Street memorialize the people, organizations, buildings and sites that form the rich history of the neighborhood once known worldwide as a hub and incubator of Black artistry and culture.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Ng’s book is at once an investigation into the afterlife of exclusion in her family and an attempt to memorialize the missing generations of Chinese Americans—the children these men never had—on paper.
—Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
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Esther Zuckerman, The Atlantic, 17 Feb. 2025
Family and friends memorialized American Airlines flight attendant Danasia Brown-Elder on Saturday as the forever-smiling mom who was always there for them in their times of need.
—Joe Marusak, Charlotte Observer, 16 Feb. 2025
The 25 signs arrayed around Harlem from West 110th Street to West 163rd Street memorialize the people, organizations, buildings and sites that form the rich history of the neighborhood once known worldwide as a hub and incubator of Black artistry and culture.
—Theresa Braine, New York Daily News, 15 Feb. 2025
Ng’s book is at once an investigation into the afterlife of exclusion in her family and an attempt to memorialize the missing generations of Chinese Americans—the children these men never had—on paper.
—Jane Hu, The New Yorker, 23 Jan. 2025
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“Memorialize.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/memorialize. Accessed 21 Feb. 2025.
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