Paradise might also be a state of eternal remembrance.
Seeds for the museum were first planted in 1978, when President Jimmy Carter established a commission to examine the state of Holocaust remembrance and education.
It thrives on the buzz of the new, but it also breeds nostalgia, a state of melancholy remembrance and, with that, indifference to the present; you can start to feel nostalgic for the opening riff of a new favorite song even before you reach the end.
DUFRESNE is gifted when it comes to descriptions of natural things, states of feeling, shimmers of remembrance.
It was known the Queen would need, like every other foreign head of state, to visit the garden of remembrance, dedicated to those who died fighting for independence from the British crown, but her attendance was far from perfunctory and deeply impressed commentators and public alike.
The governor of Colorado, Bill Owens, led a service of remembrance at the state capitol building in Denver, beginning with a state-wide minute of silence at 11.21am, the moment at which Eric Harris and Dylan Klebold began the attack, which still resonates through American society.
In Connecticut, Governor Malloy has called Friday a "day of mourning" and invited the governor of other states to participate in the acts of remembrance.
In 40 instances the crematorium records stated remains were dispersed in the Garden of Remembrance.
The annual memorial day is one of the most solemn on Israel's calendar, and sees the state come to a standstill for two minutes of remembrance.
