Croix Chippewa Indians, which sent their flag to the Crazy Horse monument, praised the memorial for its historical significance.
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The monument will stand on the National Mall, the strip of parkland between the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
That memorial almost never came to be, or at least not in its current location nestled between the edifices that epitomized the two previous centuries: the Washington Monument and the Lincoln Memorial.
From the deck, tick off architectural and historical glories as you sweep past: to your right, the Monument - Sir Christopher Wren's memorial to the Great Fire of 1666 - then Wren's towering achievement, dome-hatted St Paul's Cathedral.
Police were called to the RAF Bomber Command War Memorial at 05:00 BST and found engravings on the monument covered with paint.
Backstage, Michael Jackson songs were being played in tribute, and fans talked of an impromptu memorial for the late singer at the "Stone Circle, " a neolithic monument in the grounds of the venue.
He worked for 10 years to have the monument, which includes a stone from Hiroshima's ruins, installed at the National Memorial Arboretum in Alrewas, Staffordshire.
Ms Bokova also laid wreaths at Shaheed Minar, a national monument commemorating those killed during the Language Movement demonstrations of 1952, and at the National Memorial honouring the martyrs of the Liberation War of 1971.
The memorial, designed by sculptor Sam Holland and funded through the RNLI Heritage Trust, is the first single monument to commemorate all those who have lost their lives in the cause of saving others at sea.
The song rings out from Kumsusan Memorial Palace, that supreme sacred place of Juche, the Juche Idea Tower, the Arch of Triumph, the Monument to Party Founding, and historical monuments all over the country, doesn't it?
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