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"In the course of today’s activities, I came across a thoughtful commencement address at the U.S. Naval Academy by J.D. Vance. He stated to the graduating midshipmen and -women, “You’ll learn, as I have, that when people say things like Happy Memorial Day, you appreciate the sentiment behind it, but you know that it’s wrong because Memorial Day is not a happy day. And Memorial Day is not for those who served and came home. It is for those who served and didn’t.” That basic truth got me thinking."

"So, what is a “memorial”? Clearly, there is a memory aspect to this, but it is also a representation for a class of things worth memorializing: births, deaths, life events like graduation, momentous occasions in our personal or community or learned history. The ‘what’ of what a memorial is seems to be pretty clear. It is the ongoing recognition for a memorable event. The ‘how’ is pretty clear, too. There is a time aspect to a memorial event, linked to a day or season that itself is the occasion — the trigger — for remembering the event."

"OK, all of that seems pretty obvious. It is the ‘why’ something is memorialized, and what that memorial actually comes to represent, that is the fascinating question."

"If we start with the standard memorials — births, deaths, weddings, graduations, anniversaries, and so on — these are (nearly) universal life events that have meaning directly for the individuals involved, but, because of their universality, are shared events nearly all humanity experiences. These memorials are occasions that trigger remembrances of those with and before us that are part of our lineage. These memorials reinforce a sense of continuity, based in a grounding of family and community, a sense universally shared across humanity. Memorials in these senses are reminders to remember those of importance to us. It seems like this kind of memorial is familial and evolutionary, tied to the truth of our lineage."

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