Monuments vs. Memorials

I don't feel that cost should always be a secondary concern when it comes to memorials. Cost should always be considered but memorials help people to remember and to grieve but most times, people totally overlook the costs of what the memorial will cost the city itself. Take for example the 9/11 memorial which cost plenty money. The U.S. nor did the people of N.Y. care how much the memorial would cost to build, they just wanted it built. For the New Yorkers, the memorial is  an object of remembrance but to the U.S., the memorial is to re-establish the image of our country. We had to show the terrorists that they couldn't truly hurt us and the U.S. would pay any cost to restore their self-image to foreign countries. I feel that it was an absolute necessity to remember 9/11 because it is something that affected our whole nation but costs should always be considered when deciding how to memorialize something that won't exactly receive government funding.

Sincerely,

Suso