St Peter's Square, United Kingdom (PressExposure) August 04, 2010 -- There are quite a few recognized graves across the earth, here's five in the most discussed memorial headstones.
The Marine Corps war memorial is situated in Arlington, Virginia. It is dedicated in all the personnel in the United States Marine Corps who died from the defence of their country. Sculpted from a photo taken by Joe Rosenthal at the battle from the Iwo Jima this memorial remembers the marines and sailors who raised the 2nd flag over Iwo Jima from which only three of the 6 men depicted here survived the battle.
Charlie Chaplin suffered a stroke and lapsed into a coma and ultimately died on Christmas day aged 88. A private burial happened at a cemetery nearby Chaplin's manor in Vevey, Switzerland. A few months after his burial his body and coffin have been removed from the cemetery and held to ransom. The Coffin and body have been discovered 3 months later buried in a cornfield and returned to the cemetery. Memorial statues have remaining up everywhere around the world to don't forget this fantastic talent including the one in this picture in Vevey, Switzerland.
The Moai on Easter Island have been built as memorials to worshipped ancestors. It was believed that the dead as well as the living had a linked existence using the dead providing everything the residing needed (health, good crops, animals etc) and also the residing offering better resting places via offerings and memorials. A 15 number long Moai was excavated inside the 1990's.
Christopher Columbus's voyages to the United States rank among history's most import occasions and as a consequence the final resting location of such a significant man is in wonderful dispute using the Cathedral in Valladolid, Santo Domingo along with the cathedral in Seville (left) all claiming to hold his remains.
Strawberry Fields in New York's central park is usually a 2.5 acre landscaped section dedicated to the memory of John Lennon. The center of attention of the park is usually a reproduction of he celebrated mosaic from Italy with a single word from the middle "Imagine", the title of Lennon's most famous song.