What is Memorial?
[[Image:Punchbowl (1238).JPG|thumb|The memorial at the [[National Memorial Cemetery of the Pacific]] in [[Hawaii]] commemorates American dead from wars in the Pacific.]] A '''memorial''' is an [[object]] which serves as a [[memory]] of something, usually a [[person]] who has died or a [[famous]] [[event]]. [[Statue]]s are a [[Popularity|popular]] type of ''memorial''. A '''memorial hall''' is a [[building]] which serves to remind people of something, again usually people who have died. Memorial halls in the [[United Kingdom]] and [[United States]] are usually about [[World War I]] or [[World War II]]. Memorial halls in [[Germany]] and [[Poland]] are often about the [[Holocaust]], when [[Nazi Germany]] killed many [[Jewish people]]. Memorial halls in [[PRC|China]] are usually about the [[Second Sino-Japanese War|Japanese part]] of [[World War II]]. Among important memorial halls, there are the [[Nanjing Massacre Museum]] and the [[Yad Vashem]]. ==Related pages== *[[Monument]] [[Category:Monuments and memorials|*]] [[Category:Architecture]] {{stub}}