Main Page | See live article | Alphabetical index In the United States, National Memorial is a designation for a protected area that is commemorative of an historic person or episode. The memorial need not be located on a site related to the subject. Many, but not all U.S. National Memorials are administered by the U.S. National Park Service. Some typical examples: Mount Rushmore Oklahoma City National Memorial The term is extended to include Dr. Seuss: the Dr. Seuss National Memorial was unveiled May 31, 2002 in Springfield, Massachusetts, at the Springfield Library & Museums. Requirements are broad. Even being born is not a necessary prerequisite for a National Memorial: there is a National Memorial for the Unborn, in Chattanooga, Tennessee, said to be "dedicated to healing the pain associated with the loss of aborted children." Many Americans see nothing bizarre about such a memorial, while Europeans instance it as a mark of the profound split between American and European cultural sensibilities. This article is from Wikipedia. All text is available under the terms of the GNU Free Documentation License.