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1. A recognition of meritorious service
   - commemoration, remembrance
    
2. A written statement of facts submitted in conjunction with a petition to an authority
    
3. A structure erected to commemorate persons or events
   - monument

1. Intended as a commemoration
   "a memorial plaque";
   - commemorative, commemorating

Derived forms: memorials

Type of: construction, content, credit, message, recognition, structure, subject matter, substance

Encyclopedia: Memorial, San Diego