Gravestone at Jewell Cemetery, which dates to 1822 in Columbia, Missouri https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043344/photo-image-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseThe U.S. state of Vermont is sometimes called "The Granite State." Its world-class, widespread lodes of the hard mineral are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2356269/photo-image-plant-grass-treeView licenseThe U.S. state of Vermont is sometimes called "The Granite State." Its world-class, widespread lodes of the hard mineral are… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2356266/photo-image-plant-grass-treeView license View of the Zachary Taylor National Cemetery in Louisville, Kentucky's largest city, on the south… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8050080/photo-image-cloud-plant-grassFree Image from public domain license Grave markers at Jewell Cemetery, which dates to 1822 in Columbia, Missouri https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067533/photo-image-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain license Grave markers at Jewell Cemetery, which dates to 1822 in Columbia, Missouri https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067753/photo-image-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseSt. John Cemetery, Darien, Connecticut. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091829/free-photo-image-cemetery-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseHeadstone in field of flowers. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090791/free-photo-image-flowers-summer-gravestoneFree Image from public domain license A slowly revolving statue of the Virgin Mary at the National Shrine of Mary, Mother of the Church… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8043782/photo-image-cloud-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseGreenwood Cemetery in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433812/free-photo-image-cemetery-grave-deathFree Image from public domain licenseThe Confederate Cemetery in Raymond, Mississippi. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/422078/free-photo-image-sad-confederate-tombstoneFree Image from public domain license This sort of elevated-statuelike war memorial is not unusual in the United States … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072937/photo-image-cloud-plant-personFree Image from public domain license Grave markers at Evergreen Cemetery in Rutherford County, Tennessee, near the city of Murfreesboro … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042576/photo-image-public-domain-city-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseMemorial at Arlington National Cemetery. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093791/free-photo-image-arlington-america-architectureFree Image from public domain license This sort of elevated-statuelike war memorial is not unusual in the United States … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8064634/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseOklahoma City National Memorial. The Oklahoma City National Memorial is the largest memorial of its kind in the United… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2347249/photo-image-cloud-plant-grassView licenseScene from Colonial Park Cemetery in Savannah, Georgia. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090740/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmith-cc0Free Image from public domain license Scene in the city cemetery in Yankton, a small city on the Missouri River and the Nebraska border in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8060590/photo-image-border-public-domain-cityFree Image from public domain licenseLive oak trees draped in Spanish moss decorate historic Bonaventure Cemetery. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094097/free-photo-image-moss-america-bonaventure-cemeteryFree Image from public domain license Scene at the Jesse Rogers Memorial Cemetery in Mary Esther, a town in the "Panhandle" portion of the… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8058477/photo-image-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseMemorial in Vermont. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094442/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmith-cc0Free Image from public domain license Gravestones at Fort McPherson National Cemetery, along the old Oregon and Mormon emigrants heading… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041970/photo-image-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain license Gravestones at Fort McPherson National Cemetery, along the old Oregon and Mormon emigrants heading… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8039507/photo-image-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain licenseMemorial sculptures at a cemetery in Ohio. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090573/free-photo-image-forest-cemetery-sculpture-parkFree Image from public domain licenseHistoric Blakeley State Park in Alabama. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433804/free-photo-image-death-cemetery-horrorFree Image from public domain license Tiny churchyard gravesite at the San José de Gracia Church in Las Trampas, one of a string of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8061021/photo-image-plant-grass-churchFree Image from public domain licenseMemorial to lost fishermen at land's end on Bailey Island, Maine. At first glance it appears the figure is tending to… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2372490/photo-image-plant-person-treeView license Statue of Confederate Gen. Lloyd Tilghman in Paducah, a Kentucky city at the confluence of the Ohio… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040981/photo-image-cloud-plant-personFree Image from public domain licenseSan Francisco Giants baseball team plays the Chicago Cubs at AT&T Ball Park in San Francisco. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110355/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseSan Francisco Giants baseball team plays the Chicago Cubs at AT&T Ball Park in San Francisco. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2110803/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseBloody Lane, Antietam Battlefield https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2367432/bloody-lane-antietam-battlefieldView license A rescue-helicopter display, part of the Bataan Memorial Park in Albuquerque, the largest city in… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8050313/photo-image-plant-airplane-treeFree Image from public domain licenseAncient Cemetery in Hartford, Connecticut. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093921/free-photo-image-cemetery-america-ancientFree Image from public domain licenseOld country cemetery gate in Grass Valley, Oregon. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092065/free-photo-image-old-gate-americaFree Image from public domain license Mural outside the Jefferson City Museum of Modern Art in Missouri's capital city … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042707/photo-image-pattern-art-public-domainFree Image from public domain license Bust of author and humorist Mark Twain at the Missouri Capitol in Jefferson City, the capital city… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071752/photo-image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain licenseGateway and chapel buildings at Woodland Cemetery and Arboretum in Dayton, Ohio. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090583/free-photo-image-america-architecture-buildingFree Image from public domain licenseArt Deco Mississippi War Memorial Building. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093674/free-photo-image-art-deco-landmark-americaFree Image from public domain license The Oakley Plantation house, constructed in 1815 at the Audubon Memorial State Park in Louisiana's… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8108469/photo-image-public-domain-house-cityFree Image from public domain license Close-up view of the clock on the Memorial Union Tower at the University of Missouri in Columbia … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040799/photo-image-public-domain-tower-clockFree Image from public domain license A striking eagle sculpture at Veterans Memorial Park in Truth or Consequences, New Mexico … https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8044536/photo-image-cloud-bird-artFree Image from public domain licenseEagle atop the pediment of the Illinois State Memorial. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094144/free-photo-image-america-architecture-blue-skyFree Image from public domain licenseMarilyn Monroe's grave at Pierce Brothers Westwood Village Memorial Park & Mortuary in Los Angeles, CA. Original image from… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3091645/free-photo-image-memorial-flower-los-angeles-americaFree Image from public domain license Both temporary and permanent portions of the George Floyd Memorial, a hastily assembled tribute at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8064521/photo-image-face-person-artFree Image from public domain license9/11 United Flight 93 memorial in Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092548/free-photo-image-911-memorials-americaFree Image from public domain license A portion of the Bataan Memorial Park in Albuquerque, the largest city in the southwest U.S. state… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067854/photo-image-face-shadow-peopleFree Image from public domain license Statue of Pope (later Saint) John Paul II outside the Roman Catholic Cathedral of Christ the King… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8071839/photo-image-cloud-christ-plantFree Image from public domain license A half-scale partial reconstruction in Rolla, a small city in south-central Missouri, of the world… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041455/photo-image-shadow-plant-peopleFree Image from public domain licenseHeadstone of a Confederate cavalryman amid a field of wildflowers in the Old Livingston Cemetery in Livingston in East… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/434267/free-photo-image-bluebonnets-cemetery-wildflowerFree Image from public domain licenseShoshone Tribal Cemetery in Fort Washakie, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092119/free-photo-image-landscapes-public-domain-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseIwo Jima Memorial at Dusk. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094056/free-photo-image-flag-american-memorialFree Image from public domain license A biblical mosaic along a pathway containing shrines and stations of the cross behind the El… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8046291/photo-image-plant-person-churchFree Image from public domain license Scene inside the kitchen building at the Oakley Plantation, constructed in 1815 at the Audubon… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042241/photo-image-public-domain-city-kitchenFree Image from public domain license Loom inside the kitchen building at the Oakley Plantation, constructed in 1815 at the Audubon… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8041864/photo-image-public-domain-city-kitchenFree Image from public domain licenseLincoln memorial park in Washington D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3088486/free-photo-image-landmark-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain license The 1979 Thomas Branigan Memorial Library, named after a local fruit grower who was a Union captain… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8044285/photo-image-border-fruit-skyFree Image from public domain licenseTower of Voices at the Flight 93 National Memorial near Shanksville, Pennsylvania. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092055/free-photo-image-911-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseWorld War I Memorial. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093677/free-photo-image-war-america-art-decoFree Image from public domain licenseSculptor Tracy Powell's 2005 "Grandpa and Me" statue in Mount Vernon, Washington, depicts Jasper Gates and his grandon, John… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2352339/photo-image-face-plant-personView license Veterans Memorial Bridge over the Red River, separating Fargo, North Dakota, and Moorhead, Minnesota… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8069733/photo-image-public-domain-united-states-redFree Image from public domain licenseAlabama Veterans Memorial Park. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094773/free-photo-image-veterans-alabama-memorial-park-americaFree Image from public domain license A vintage, but rusted and busted-up, military ambulance at Veterans Memorial Park in Truth or… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8068614/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain licenseLincoln Memorial at dusk in Washington, D.C. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094424/free-photo-image-america-architecture-buildingFree Image from public domain licenseIt’s also an understated war memorial-restored street clock in Niles, Michigan. Original image from Carol M.… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3092083/free-photo-image-michigan-clocks-americaFree Image from public domain licenseTrinidad Memorial Lighthouse in Trinidad, California. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2212396/trinidad-memorial-lighthouseFree Image from public domain license The 9/11 Memorial in Overland Park, Kansas, a Kansas City suburb, includes parts of steel columns… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8066336/photo-image-plant-grass-treeFree Image from public domain license One of the four tablets beneath depictions of soldiers from four U.S. foreign wars on War and… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067221/photo-image-public-domain-city-united-statesFree Image from public domain license Anthony Pennock and Shan Nichols's 2008 mosaic mural, "El Rio Grande de Norte, Onate's Proclamation… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8072459/photo-image-plant-person-treeFree Image from public domain license A portion of the Berlin Wall, preserved at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, a private… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042665/photo-image-church-art-skyFree Image from public domain license A portion of the Berlin Wall, preserved at Westminster College in Fulton, Missouri, a private… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8067034/photo-image-church-tree-artFree Image from public domain licenseOklahoma City Memorial in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093989/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmith-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseThe John Fitzgerald Kennedy Memorial in Dallas, Texas. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3093923/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseOklahoma City Memorial in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3094363/free-photo-image-america-building-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseLincoln Memorial. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/421850/lincoln-memorialFree Image from public domain licenseMarker at a humble “cowboy cemetery” near Riverside, Wyoming. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/582717/carol-highsmiths-wyoming-photographFree Image from public domain licenseMount Rushmore Aerial. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433784/free-photo-image-south-dakota-rushmore-united-states-presidentFree Image from public domain licenseMount Rushmore. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress collection. Digitally enhanced… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433976/free-photo-image-presidents-landmark-mount-rushmoreFree Image from public domain licenseMissourie's Soldiers Memorial Military Museum. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090881/free-photo-image-america-architecural-detail-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseMissourie's Soldiers Memorial Military Museum. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090900/free-photo-image-statue-pegasus-americaFree Image from public domain licenseMissourie's Soldiers Memorial Military Museum. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library of Congress… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090894/free-photo-image-america-carol-highsmith-cc0Free Image from public domain licenseThe granite and marble Illinois State Memorial, dedicated in 1906, is one of more than 1,400 monuments and memorials at… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2371061/photo-image-public-domain-america-carol-highsmithFree Image from public domain licenseClarence Buckingham Memorial Fountain at Grant Park in Chicago. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/3090732/free-photo-image-fountain-america-buckinghamFree Image from public domain licenseThe waterfall at MacArthur-Burney Falls Memorial State Park. The park is within the Cascade Range and Modoc Plateau natural… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2109861/carol-highsmiths-californiaFree Image from public domain licenseOklahoma City Memorial located in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma. Original image from Carol M. Highsmith’s America, Library… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/433759/free-photo-image-museum-sky-trees-cityFree Image from public domain license View of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, one of the United States' most famous and beloved… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042765/photo-image-public-domain-black-hillsFree Image from public domain license View of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, one of the United States' most famous and beloved… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042864/photo-image-public-domain-black-hillsFree Image from public domain license View of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, one of the United States' most famous and beloved… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8065063/photo-image-public-domain-black-hillsFree Image from public domain license View of the Mount Rushmore National Memorial, one of the United States' most famous and beloved… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8040801/photo-image-public-domain-black-hillsFree Image from public domain license This the McGavock Confederate Cemetery in Franklin, Tennessee, on the grounds of the former Carnton… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8042375/photo-image-public-domain-united-states-groundsFree Image from public domain licensePart of a tableau of bronze statues depicting the first successful, sustained, power flight of a heavier-than-air machine --… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/2363348/photo-image-public-domain-america-carol-highsmithView license The North Dakota Veterans' Cemetery, near Mandan, is located in the southwest corner of Fort Abraham… https://www.rawpixel.com/image/8064746/photo-image-public-domain-united-statesFree Image from public domain license