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This is a list of noted memorials

9/11 Memorial Project - Los Angeles

Arlington House, The Robert E. Lee MemorialatArlington National CemeteryinArlington County,Virginia.

National Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall

Cihu Presidential Burial Place located in Cihu in northern Taiwan, is a mausoleum built to temporarily place Chiang Kai-shek's corpse waiting for relocation to mainland China.

Civil Rights Memorial

Commando Memorial is a monument in Scotland dedicated to the men of the original British Commando Forces raised during World War II.

Fallen Astronaut, located on the surface of the moon, is a memorial to all the astronauts and cosmonauts who perished in the "Space Race" (to that point in time).

Grant's Tomb is a mausoleum with the remains of former U.S. President Ulysses S. Grant located in New York City.

Great Pyramid of Giza completed in 2570 BC, is the tomb of the 4th dynasty Egyptian Pharaoh Khufu (also known under his Greek name Cheops).

Gyrowheel MonumentatSchönau an der Brend

Ho Chi Minh's preserved body is in a glass coffin on display in his mausoleum in Hanoi's Ba Dinh Square.

Tugu Negara war memorial of Malaysia

India Gate war memorial or the National monument of India in Delhi, India was built in the memory of more than 90,000 Indian soldiers who lost their lives during Afghan Wars and World War I. It is now a memorial to the soldiers who fell in the wars since India's independence, including the 1965 and the Indo-Pakistani War of 1971, the Sino-Indian War of 1962, and those who fell in peacekeeping operations.

National Taiwan Democracy Memorial Hall (Chiang Kai-Shek Memorial Hall)

Jatiyo Smriti SoudhoinSavar, Bangladesh.

Jefferson Memorial located on the West Potomac Park, in Washington D.C. is a memorial to American President Thomas Jefferson.

John Lennon Peace Monument was unveiled in Chavasse Park, Liverpool, England, by Cynthia and Julian Lennon, on October 9th 2010, to celebrate John Lennon's 70th Birthday. The monument is inscribed with the words “Peace on Earth for the Conservation of Life – In Honour of John Lennon 1940 – 1980”.

Kranji War MemorialinSingapore, is the burial ground for over 4,500 allied servicemen who died during World War II, and also commemorates over 25,000 servicemen whose bodies were never recovered.

Laboe Naval Memorial

Lenin's Tomb, Moscow, Lenin's embalmed corpse is on display in a climate-controlled glass box. Also home to Joseph Stalin's body, later removed as part of destalinization.

Lincoln Memorial located on the National MallinWashington D.C. is a memorial to American President Abraham Lincoln.

Maiwand Lion located in Reading, in England, and commemorating the Battle of Maiwand.

Mamayev Kurgan

Mao Zedong's Mausoleum located at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China with Mao's corpse embalmed and on permanent display.

Mausoleum of Yugoslavian Soldiers in Olomouc

Mémorial de la Déportation commemorates the 200,000 French victims of Nazi concentration camps.

Memorial of RebirthinBucharest, Romania, commemorating the victims of the Romanian Revolution of 1989

memorial stone to the victims of fascismatHitler's birthplace in Braunau am Inn.

Memorial to the Murdered Jews of Europe in Berlin was opened in 2005 and commemorates the Jewish victims of the Holocaust perpetrated by Nazi Germany.

Monumento Nacional de Santa Cruz del Valle de los Caidos

Oklahoma City National Memorial

OstlandkreuzatGeislingen

OstlandkreuzatSchorndorf

Piskarevskoye Memorial CemeteryinSt Petersburg, where the victims of the 900-Day Siege are interred.

RuckenkreuzatBlaubeuren

San Jacinto Monument

Statue of Hope - Wilson Memorial, Friendship, Indiana

Strawberry Fields Memorial - dedicated to former Beatle, John LennoninCentral Park, New York City.

Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall

Taj Mahal located in Agra in northern India, is a tomb constructed by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Mumtaz Mahal.

Tomb of the Unknown SoldierinArlington National Cemetery and many others, so named, around the world.

UFO-Memorial ÄngelholmatÄngelholm, Sweden

USS Arizona Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor, Hawaii, The monument memorializes the resting place of 1,102 sailors killed on the USS Arizona during the Attack on Pearl Harbor.

Victoria Memorial (India) is a memorial of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, who also carried the title of Empress of India, located in Calcutta, India

Völkerschlachtdenkmal, Leipzig, Germany, Europe's largest memorial

Washington Monument is a memorial to the first President of the United States, George Washington

World Trade Center Memorial

Yad Kennedy, Israel, is a memorial to John F. Kennedy, President of the United States.

Yad Vashem, Israel, is Israel's memorial to the holocaust. The section of the Righteous among the Nations specifically remembers non-Jews who risked their lives to save Jews during the Holocaust

Vietnam Memorial, is a memorial in Washington, D.C, giving the names of all veterans who died in the Vietnam War.

Wallace Monument, is a monument to commemorate the 13th century Scottish resistance hero, William Wallace, who was eventually executed by the English in 1305.

Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum, is a memorial of Ho Chi Minh, the founder of Vietnam.