The Ames Monument, seen Nov. 17, 2006, west of Cheyenne, Wyo., was completed in 1882 at a cost of $65,000. The 60-foot high-granite pyramid built by the Union Pacific stands on the highest elevation of the railroad. (Michael Smith/Wyoming Tribune-Eagle)
The U.S. Navy D-Day Monument, now being created by Alabama sculptor Stephen Spears, will be a 12-foot tall bronze design featuring three Navy seamen. It will be the only memorial to the Navy's contribution to the D-Day invasion, and will be erected at Utah Beach in Normandy, France in 2008. (SHNS photo courtesy Stephen Spears)
Supporters of the Ukrainian Communist Party wave various communist party flags during the opening ceremony of Soviet founder Vladimir Lenin monument in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. The monument was damaged in June 30, 2009, by activists of Ukrainian nationalist organization that has been pushing for removing all Soviet monuments from the country. (AP Photo/Efrem Lukatsky)
A Ukrainian nationalist shouts anti-communist slogans in front of a riot police line, during their protest against the opening of Soviet leader Vladimir Lenin's monument in Kiev, Ukraine, Friday, Nov. 27, 2009. The monument was damaged in June 30, 2009, by activists of Ukrainian nationalist organization that has been pushing for removing all Soviet monuments from the country. (AP Photo/Sergei Chuzavkov)
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