cenotaph
noun [ C ] UK /ˈsen.ə.tɑːf/ /ˈsen.ə.tæf/ US /ˈsen.ə.tɑːf/ /ˈsen.ə.tæf/
a public monument (= special statue or building) built in memory of particular people who died in war, often with their names written on it
WE--THE AMEN SOCIETY OF BROOKS CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH-- BUILT THIS CENOTAPH (MEMORIAL TO THE DEAD) IN BUTLER, MISSOURI, TO THE MEMORY OF THE FIRST KANSAS COLORED VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ON THE TOWN SQUARE, THAT WAS PUBLICLY UNVEILED IN OCTOBER 2008 TO ENTHUSIASTIC CROWDS, SPEECHES. THEY WERE THE FIRST BLACK TROOPS TO FIGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR, OCTOBER 28-29, 1862, IN BATES COUNTY, MISSOURI. A STATE PARK TO THEM WAS DEDICATED IN 2008, AT THE ACTUAL BATTLE SITE, CONSISTING OF SOME LOVELY FORTY-ACRES.
cenotaph
noun [ C ] UK /ˈsen.ə.tɑːf/ /ˈsen.ə.tæf/ US /ˈsen.ə.tɑːf/ /ˈsen.ə.tæf/
a public monument (= special statue or building) built in memory of particular people who died in war, often with their names written on it
WE--THE AMEN SOCIETY OF BROOKS CHAPEL A.M.E. CHURCH-- BUILT THIS CENOTAPH (MEMORIAL TO THE DEAD) IN BUTLER, MISSOURI, TO THE MEMORY OF THE FIRST KANSAS COLORED VOLUNTEER INFANTRY, ON THE TOWN SQUARE, THAT WAS PUBLICLY UNVEILED IN OCTOBER 2008 TO ENTHUSIASTIC CROWDS, SPEECHES. THEY WERE THE FIRST BLACK TROOPS TO FIGHT IN THE CIVIL WAR, OCTOBER 28-29, 1862, IN BATES COUNTY, MISSOURI. A STATE PARK TO THEM WAS DEDICATED IN 2008, AT THE ACTUAL BATTLE SITE, CONSISTING OF SOME LOVELY FORTY-ACRES.
