Memorial sculpture

Forest of Memories - Illuminated Totems

These moving monuments and memorials are fitting tributes

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The 6ft aluminium and Perspex Tommy silhouettes have been purchased by cities around the world, where they will be proudly displayed next to memorial sites.

Although we cannot get into the minds of the people waiting in a queue on a cold day in Chukotka, Soviet Union back in 1985 to get wine, or what the daredevil sky boys who built the Empire State Building in 1930-31 were thinking when balancing unsecured on the 88th floor, we can get a fairly good glimpse into the wonders of history.

George King Architects have recently completed the Sousse and Bardo Memorial, a monument dedicated to the 31 British nationals who lost their lives and all those affected by the two terrorist attacks in Tunisia in 2015.

Detail, American Veterans Disabled for Life Memorial, Washington, D.C. Design & Landscaping: Michael Vergason Landscape Architects; Bronze Sculptures: Larry Kirkland; Graphic Design: Cloud Gehshan; Glass Panels: Savoy Studios.

Veterans Day only comes once a year. But veterans memorials are with us every day. In fact, Battery Park in lower Manhattan teems with veterans memorials.