That means that a gift like the Taíno objects is more than just an admirable gesture: it's a vote of confidence in the city's future, and a monument to it.
But when it opened a few days before the 1964 World's Fair next door, it stood tall as a symbol of the future and a monument to progress.
"What's the future of that monument?
Isis has taken over the ancient city of Palmyra, threatening the future of irreplaceable monuments and ruins which represent thousands of years of cultural history.
Since the law's enactment in 1906, 16 out of 19 Presidents (eight Democratic and eight Republican) have used their authority to either establish new national monuments or enlarge existing monuments for future generations to enjoy.
But Tangerine Dream's visions of the sounds of the future remain an important monument in cinema's musical landscape.
In the late 1990's, as the monument's future began to seem deeply imperiled, the Supreme Court ordered the shifting of some industries farther away.
Michael M. Luther, the mayor of Parsippany, was jubilant at the groundbreaking, saying that "a grim symbol of failure" would now become "a monument to future success".
Hans Butzer ("Deciding What Our Loss Means," Op-Ed, Oct. 10) offers thoughtful suggestions regarding future plans for a monument to those who lost their lives on Sept. 11 in the terrible destruction of the World Trade Center.
