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Monuments

Monuments such as cenotaphs or monuments to the victims of disaster or disease can be found in many cemeteries.

A cenotaph is a monument built to honor people whose remains are interred elsewhere or whose remains cannot be recovered.  Many municipalities have a cenotaph dedicated to those from the community who have died war.  Another example of a cenotaph is a monument erected to the victims of a disaster such as a shipwreck, fire or explosion.  Examples of this type of cenotaph can be found for the victims of the Halifax explosion, or shipwrecks such as the Titanic and the Noronic.

  • Menin Gate

    Menin Gate
    Menin Gate

    The Menin Gate Memorial to the Missing is a war memorial in Ypres, Belgium dedicated to the commemoration of British and Commonwealth soldiers who were killed in the Ypres Salient of World War I and w...

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  • S.S. Noronic

    A fire tore through the 6,000-ton Great Lakes cruise ship Noronic like it was a cardboard box, killing more than 120 passengers, most vacationingfromCleveland and Detroit. The Noronic had embarke...

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  • Titanic Memorial

    There are 150 Titanic Victims buried in Halifax, the largest number anywhere in the world. This list includes all victims buried in Halifax, arranged by name, with unknown victims listed at the end by...

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