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On Renaming Schools

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By Noah Price, Monuments Toolkit Monuments are more abstract than obelisks or statues created in someone’s likeness. Anytime a historical figure’s name is attached to something, whether it be a…

3 Hispanic Heritage Monuments

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By Gilbert Correa, Monuments Toolkit The Monuments Toolkit team has been examining and recording monuments for populations such as the Hispanic community for the last three years. Hispanic monuments are…

Living Monuments and Memorials

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People gather around the Blank Slate Monument at Rice University’s campus in March 2023. The monument’s slate reads: “SAY SOMETHING HERE. Connect Your Phone to the BlankSlateMonument WiFi Network.” Image Credit: Rice University News, Photograph by Gustavo Raskosky.
By Madeline Bonner, Monuments Toolkit Living monuments and memorials are designed to engage contemporary society in different ways. For example, living monuments may grow and evolve, travel to reach different…

Monuments Toolkit 2025 Summer Webinar Series

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Monuments Toolkit 2025 Summer Webinar Series
Join us for the Monuments Toolkit 2025 Summer Webinar Series! This three-part series will discuss digital monuments, reinterpretation of historic places, and international approaches to oppressive monuments. Digitally Mapping the…

Remembering Hugh Clark Miller

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Remembering Hugh Clark Miller who formerly served on the Cultural Tourism Committee, on the US/ICOMOS Board of Directors, and as a Fellow. HUGH CLARK MILLER, FAIA, FAPT, 95, passed away…

APIAHIP Events

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This summer, Huy Pham, Executive Direction of Asian & Pacific Islanders in Historic Preservation (APIAHIP) will be joinind the Monuments Toolkit on a webinar about digital monuments. Before then, APIAHIP…

Roundabout to the Women Who Fight!

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By Gilbert C. Correa, Community Engagement Associate Over the course of the past three years, the Monuments Toolkit Team has been analyzing and documenting monuments, as well as proactive approaches…