### Question
Can you define what commemorative work means?


### Answer
**Commemorative work** is defined as the following in *40 U.S.C. § 1002*:

> any statue, monument, sculpture, memorial, plaque, inscription, or other structure or landscape feature, including a garden or memorial grove, designed to perpetuate in a permanent manner the memory of an individual, group, event or other significant element of American history

#### Citation:
  - *40 U.S.C. § 1002*
  - Heading: **CHAPTER 21-NATIONAL CAPITAL MEMORIALS AND COMMEMORATIVE WORKS**

