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“I Didn’t Think I’d See It Again”: Survivors and Descendants Return to Site of Japanese Incarceration Camp
Monuments and Memory
What will tomorrow’s commemorations tell us about America?
The Kaagwaantaan totem pole, created by carver Nicholas Galanin, Tlingit/Unangax Master Artist, depicts crests from the Kaagwaantaan tribe, including Killer Whale mounted on a clan hat, a clan member, Killer Whale, Eagle, and Bear. Photo: Acacia Johnson for Mellon Foundation
Monuments are how we honor our collective history—there are many people who have shaped society with their compelling histories and hearing their voices will expand our understanding of our shared history. Our commemorative landscape is a place where we can build connection. Enriching it with untold stories fosters a more complete telling of who we are as a nation and who we can be in the future.
Heart Mountain Wyoming Foundation
Two Boys Bonded in a Japanese Incarceration Camp. Their Friendship Changed Everything.
Mississippi Heritage Trust
Her Father Treated the Wounded of Selma. She Still Lives Next Door.
Mississippi Heritage Trust
Field Notes from the Mississippi Freedom Houses
Big Bend Conservation Alliance
In Far West Texas, a Sacred Burial Site is Reclaimed Through Partnership and Perseverance
Kinfolk Tech Foundation
New App Uses Augmented Reality to Build Public Monuments
Sealaska Heritage Institute
Explore Kootéeyaa Deiyí, the growing totem trail on Alaska’s waterfront
Social and Public Art Resource Center
The Great Wall of Los Angeles
Elizabeth Alexander
President
President
“How can we transform our commemorative landscape so that it accurately conveys complexity of our history and the inspiration that is possible in public spaces?”
$500M
The Monuments Project
A commitment to expand the nation’s commemorative landscape by supporting public projects that help represent the complexity of American stories.
Bureau of Indian Affairs
Reckoning with the Devastating Legacy of Federal Indian Boarding School Policies
University of Southern California
A Multimodal Memorial Remembers Japanese American WWII Incarceration
Trust for the National Mall
With “Pulling Together,” Beyond Granite Breaks New Ground
Wideman-Davis Dance of New York, Inc.
Exploring the Histories of Black Sites
University of Kansas
The Kaw Nation Reclaims a Sacred Stone
Forever Connected: The Emmett Till and Mamie Till-Mobley National Monument
Report
Interrogating Our Monument Landscape
Past event
Monumental Conversations: What we found when we analyzed America’s monuments
Past event
Public Memory and Our Passing World
Written and performed by Ada Pinkston
Sneak Peek: A Tribute to Fannie Lou Hamer
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