Black history Quote by Janelle Gray

“I shouldn't have taken a vow of silence, I told myself. What did I want? Nothing much. Just a memorial. But what is a…

— Margaret Atwood

“I'm not a big fan of memorials." "Oh yeah?" "A memorial implies that the only victims are the ones in the ground. I think…

— Mariko Tamaki

“The best way to honor the dead was by making their passing useful to the living.”

— Sabrina Jeffries

“Funerals and memorial services are something that have to be gotten through. They honor the dead, but they’re for the living.”

— J.A. Jance

“I did not say anything. I was always embarrassed by the words sacred, glorious, and sacrifice and the expression in vain. We had heard…

— Ernest Hemingway

“How great, I thought, to honor people while they are still alive.”

— Will Schwalbe

“world will little note, nor long remember what we say here, but can never forget what they did here. It is for us, the…

— Jeff Shaara

“I have written minutely of much that we did, for it was my wish that somewhere there should be a memorial of it all,…

— Tomás Ó Criomhthain

“The dead were just the dead, neither awful nor remarkable. History separated out these individuals and preserved their names where others were obilterated for…

— Rosie Thomas

“Carve your name on hearts, not tombstones. A legacy is etched into the minds of others and the stories they share about you.”

— Shannon Alder

“I have lived through an eventful year, yet understand no more of it than a babe in arms. Of all the people of this…

— J.M. Coetzee

The Memorial Dedication was a momentous occasion

— Tommy Hilfiger