List of memorials

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This is a list of noted memorials:

• Lenin's Tomb, Moscow, Lenin's embalmed corpse is on display in a climate-controlled glass box. For several years, Joseph Stalin's body was also there, but was removed as part of destalinization.

• Mao Zedong's Mausoleum is located at Tiananmen Square in Beijing, China. As with Lenin, Mao's corpse is embalmed and on permanent display in climate controlled conditions.

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

• The Washington Monument is a memorial to the first President of the United States, George Washington and is located in Washington, DC.

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

• The Lincoln Memorial located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. is a memorial to American President Abraham Lincoln.

• The 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).

• The Taj Mahal located in Agra in northern India, is a tomb constructed by Mughal emperor Shah Jahan in memory of his wife Arjumand Bano. It was started in 1632 and finished in 1648.

• Civil Rights Memorial
• Chiang Kai-shek Memorial Hall
• Sun Yat-sen Memorial Hall
• Homomonument

• 9/11 Memorial Project - Los Angeles

See also

• List of famous cemeteries
• Tomb of the Unknown Soldier
• Memorial Day
• United States submarines designated as memorials
• War memorial with a list of noted war memorials

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