It is not merely the likeness which is precious... but the association and the sense of nearness involved in the thing... the fact of the very shadow of the person lying there fixed forever! It is the very sanctification of portraits I think -- and it is not at all monstrous in me to say that I would rather have such a memorial of one I dearly loved, than the noblest Artist's work ever produced.
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137 years later, Memorial Day remains one of America's most cherished patriotic observances. The spirit of this day has not changed - it remains a day to honor those who died defending our freedom and democracy.
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I have a dream... that my four little children will one day live in a nation where they will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character.
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An elderly woman died last month. Having never married, she requested no male pallbearers. In her handwritten instructions for her memorial service, she wrote, 'They wouldn't take me out while I was alive, I don't want them to take me out when I'm dead.
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When I received this [coronation] ring I solemnly bound myself in marriage to the realm; and it will be quite sufficient for the memorial of m...
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When age chills the blood, when our pleasures are past-- For years fleet away with the wings of the dove-- The dearest remembrance will still be the last, Our sweetest memorial the first kiss of love.
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When you go home, tell them of us and say: 'For your tomorrow we gave our today.'
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A poem written for someone/part of the obituary
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Memories are the most beautiful pictures our minds can paint, and nothing can ever erase them.
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If tears could build a stairway,
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Today's $101 million achievement is a powerful indication of the broad support to build the World Trade Center memorial.
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Letters are among the most significant memorial a person can leave behind them.
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I am testis tempurum, lux veritatis, vita memorial, magistra vitae, nunita vetustatis. The Philosopher
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Moments to Remember...
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Though heaven and earth
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[Abbas laid the cornerstone for a new Arafat memorial, even as he acknowledged that his predecessor had no wish for a grandiose building.] He had no dreams of having a palace in Palestine but only to have a grave in Jerusalem, ... God willing, he will be buried in Jerusalem.
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When someone you love becomes a memory, the memory becomes a treasure.
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Because someone we
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