Word: monumentalized
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Dates: during 1920-1929
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Kane, A. C., 7 Monument Sq., Charlestown...
...such a purpose. Roosevelt's name will be forever connected with the European War through his work for preparedness and his unshakable courage during the last years of his life. This fact would receive, appropriate recognition in the combination of the War and Roosevelt memorials. At least the monument would be more real to the undergraduate mind than that projected in the present plan...
Memorials as a rule are the futile attempts of friends to perpetuate the fame of one, who has been endeared to them; futile because of the quick change of human conditions and the rapid forgetfulness of man. As has often been said, a man's best monument is the work that he has accomplished, and undoubtedly this is true of the great master of the American short-story, O. Henry. Those who knew him personally, and many who knew him through his writing alone, have done well, nevertheless, in establishing an Annual Memorial Award, as an inspiration for workers...
...This building is of great historical interest. It is a wonderful thing that it has been preserved for us, that it, has escaped such disasters as fire, that it has escaped the prevalent "desire for improvement." It stands here a monument to all that Massachusetts stands for, under a dignified name that gives it a setting more expressive than any other building in the commonwealth. The state of Massachusetts has always been one of the first to respond to any call, no matter in what part of the world this call may have come from; we should pay a tribute...
...fires have scorched its walls, but still it stands, now no longer the newest, but the oldest college building. It is but right and fitting that on this day the University should pause in its course a few moments to do honor to the hall which is both a monument and a record of Harvard's enduring traditions and glories...