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 USS Arizona Memorial, located at Pearl Harbor, Hawai'i, The monument memorializes the resting place of 1,102 sailors killed on the USS Arizona during the Attack on Pearl Harbor on 7 December 1941.
- The Victoria Memorial is a memorial of Queen Victoria of the United Kingdom, who also carried the title of Empress of India. Is located in Calcutta, India
- The Lincoln Memorial located on the National Mall in Washington D.C. is a memorial to American President Abraham Lincoln.
- The Jefferson Memorial located on the West Potomac Park, in Washington D.C. is a memorial to American President Thomas Jefferson.
- 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.
- Tzhu and Dashi Cemetery located in Tzhu in northern part of Taiwan, is a mausoleum built to temporarily place Chiang Kai-shek's cadaver waiting for relocating to mainland China once China recovered by Chiang's nationalist army.
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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
