Word: monument
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Dates: during 1900-1909
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...trust this Museum will stand as a monument for what Germany has contributed to the culture of the world, and that it will be a permanent symbol of the friendship between America and the old Fatherland. As an American of German descent, I am proud to be able to assist in this worthy cause. Very cordially yours. ADOLPHUS BUSCH...
Surely it would be but justice to his memory for the University to maintain some simple ceremony which should recall each November the life of the obscure clergy man, who, dying early in life, left here the foundation of such a splendid monument. The decoration each year by the Memorial Society of the statue near Memorial Hall is a graceful act, but a notice of John Harvard's birthday in the services maintained by the University would be an official recognition which the significance of the day in this community seems to demand...
...model of a crude taxicab which was in use nearly a thousand years ago. Pictures were shown of the Great Wall, which was completed in 204 B.C., and which has never been surpassed by any architectural feat in the history of the world. The Great Canal is another monument of the skill of the ancient Chinese...
...should not fail to avail themselves of the scheme through mere oversight. Even if they do not patronize the Union regularly, they will find it a pleasant place to take their friends for a meal. They will also be doing their part to support an institution which is the monument of Harvard public spirit and Harvard democracy...
...arms in the Civil War, who were willing and anxious to give their all in the service of their country. Nothing can be more profitable than to study the lives and characters of these men, whose names have been inscribed on the tablet at Soldiers Field as an everlasting monument to their courage and devotion...