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Detail from a monument to St. Hilda (614 - 680 CE) in Whitby, England. The coiled ammonite shells at St. Hilda's feet are a reference to a legend in which she turned snakes which plagued Whitby to stone. This legend helped to explain the...

Monument to Robert Cushman at Burial Hill, Plymouth, Massachusetts. It reads: Fellow exile with the Pilgrims in Holland, Afterwards their chief agent in England, Arrived here IX November, MDCXXI, With Thomas Cushman his son: Preached...

Navajo traditional Hogan in Monument Valley, Arizona. Photograph by Dsdugan, 2016.

A monument commemorating the Battle of Naseby (14 June 1645) in Northamptonshire during the English Civil Wars (1642-51). The battle was won by the Parliamentarians.

Glooscap monument, Millbrook First Nation, Nova Scotia. Photograph by Madereugeneandrew, 2019.

Text of the "Mayflower Compact" inscribed at the base of the Pilgrim Monument, Provincetown, MA

Historical marker of the Goliad Massacre of 27 March 1836 at the Fannin Memorial Monument. Description: Grave of Colonel J. W. Fannin and His Men, Marker Number 2257 on Historical Marker Database. Photograph by Hardraingonnafall, 2016.

Denmark Vesey Monument in Hampton Park, Charleston, South Carolina. National Park Service / Sobol.

The San Jacinto Monument– 567.31 feet (172.92 m) high, located east of Houston, Texas – commemorates the Battle of San Jacinto on 21 April 1836. Photo by Tijuana Brass, 2007.

The Fannin Memorial Monument marks the location where the remains of the Texians from the Goliad Massacre on 27 March 1836 were finally buried on 3 June 1836. Photograph by Michaelluckey, 2024.