How Can A Memorial Represent The Past?

Societies want to provide educational morals and role model for everyone. One way to do that is with a memorial. Memorials can then depict the past, but is it possible to represent the past with truth? Thus, what intent do memorials have? Do they try to accurately depict the past and heroes of people who died in such a tragic events? In the “Empire Of Innocence” by Patricia Nelson Limerick, she tries to give different …

…uses primary and secondary sources, which give her a rational idea of distinguishing the truth of the two sources. So you have two different cases, but to the same purpose of finding the truth of past events. The two essays show possible conclusions of truth, but is it accurate? No, the evidence shown is secondary source proof, that may not be true. This proves that the truth can not accurately but partially represent the past.