Monument inscriptions

Monument inscriptions are commonly placed on statues and structures built to commemorate some aspect of the person or event for which the monument stands.

Quotes
Not like the brazen giant of Greek fame, With conquering limbs astride from land to land; Here at our sea-washed, sunset gates shall stand A mighty woman with a torch, whose flame Is the imprisoned lightning, and her name Mother of Exiles. From her beacon-hand Glows world-wide welcome; her mild eyes command The air-bridged harbor that twin cities frame. "Keep, ancient lands, your storied pomp!" cries she With silent lips. "Give me your tired, your poor, Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free, The wretched refuse of your teeming shore. Send these, the homeless, tempest-tossed to me, I lift my lamp beside the golden door!"
 * On the interior of the Statue of Liberty; formally titled "The New Colossus" by Emma Lazarus.

IN THIS TEMPLE AS IN THE HEARTS OF THE PEOPLE FOR WHOM HE SAVED THE UNION THE MEMORY OF ABRAHAM LINCOLN IS ENSHRINED FOREVER
 * On the Lincoln Memorial.

ARBEIT MACHT FREI


 * Translation: "Work makes you free"


 * On the Auschwitz Concentration Camp.

NAKED AND STARVING AS THEY ARE WE CANNOT ENOUGH ADMIRE THE INCOMPARABLE PATIENCE AND FIDELITY OF THE SOLDIERY
 * On the National Memorial Arch, erected at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, in 1910, quoting George Washington.

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