Camp Norway

I have a couple questions about not only my monument but what it commemorates.  First:

1. Why would the Norwegians be one of the few groups who really tried to resist the German rush?

2.Is this the only considerable monument for the Norwegians (or one of the select few?

3.  Why is the monument in four different places, multiple monuments?

Although I could take a guess on the answer to number one, but  I would have to do some more research to back it up.  There are also probably more questions to be asked as research continues, but these preliminary ones will hopefully start me off.  Norway is a very underrated country and is still pretty successful in terms of the map that we saw in class, I hope that I can do it the justice that it deserves.

The Berlin Wall

Research Questions:
Could providing different conditions have stopped the fleeing of the people from East Germany to West Germany or was the construction of the wall necessary due to the change being a radical idea to the controlling power of East Berlin?
The fall of the Berlin Wall happened in the time period of the fall of the Soviet Union. Was this a coincidence? If it wasn't, how did the cold war and the fall of the Soviet Union influence the fall of the Berlin Wall?
What did the alliances between France, Britain, and the U.S. have to do with the tensions that were introduced after the end of World War II?
How was Germany limited by this wall?
How did other countries get involved by this wall?

What makes my monument interesting is that it wasn't build to memorialize something. It was built for separation of one people from another. Even though it has long been destroyed, when we hear the words "Berlin Wall" we immediately think of a stone wall painted by graffiti. I want to know if there is something else present except the stone blocks that we see today. It is even in the news today because the painters that painted the wall the first time are being hired again this summer to repaint the wall.I am interested in this great monument because I know little about something that is recognizable around the globe.

Hands of Victory - Research Questions

After doing some more research about my monument, I have changed my research questions significantly. Now the main focus of my questions is how does this monument exemplify the Iraqi identity (or lack thereof)?

Iraq is a country filled with various different ethnic groups (Shi'ites, Sunnis, and Kurds), mainly because it was "created" in 1920 when the British merged two regions of the former Ottoman Empire together. Because these ethnic groups have so many differences, there had always been tensions in Iraq. After being an independant nation since 1932, one has to wonder why the people of Iraq are still divided and have not yet developed a national identity?
The Hands of Victory can help us understand this because it shows the effect authoritarian regimes have had on the Iraqi people. This monument, meant to symbolize the Iraqi victory and be a form of nationalism, contains Saddam Hussein's fingerprints rather than representing the nation. This makes me wonder what effect does national art geared towards one person have on developing the identity of a large, diverse group?
This monument is very controversial today because the Iraqi government wants it to be torn down so they can start a new country with a blank slate, but the U.S, government isn't allowing this. This leads to the question what role has Western influence played in shaping the Iraqi identity?

Chemin des Dames

I have many questions regarding Chemin des Dames; most of them deal with its memorialization over time.

1 - Was anything built on the site right after World War I?

2 - If not, was there anything there until the current museum, which opened in the last decade?

3 - What became of the site during World War II?

4 - What's the issue with the memorialization of the mutiny that took place there in 1917?

5 - What's the controversy regarding Senegalese troops and Chemin des Dames about?

6 - If there wasn't anything on the site until now, why was the museum randomly commissioned?
7 - What does reading the memorial's websites & publications tell us about the way that they want us to portray the conflict?
8 - How do two leading French newspapers, one conservative, and one liberal, agree and differ about the issue?

El Angel de la Independencia Research Questions

I have a general direction I want to head toward in my research paper, but its not very specific so I have a lot of questions in mind. I am just interested in researching a bit about the Mexico's War of Independence, but I want to look deeper at the monument and the people's involvement with it.
What is the significance or representation of each object on the monument?
What people and event is it commemorating and why?
Why was it built in 1910?
How did the people react to the construction of the monument?
How big or important was its opening ceremony?
How important is its location?
How do people use the monument in their daily lives?
What does the number of restorations it has had say about it?

Research Questions

Questions:

1. How did the French families deal with the war?

2. How did they determine who won the battle?

3. How did they decided to make the monument?

These are my research questions for my project. My first question gives insight to the battle off the battlefield. Knowing this can be just as important as knowing what happened on the war front. My second question makes sure I have some closure on to how the battle ended. My third and final question allows me to know why this monument is important to the French.

Battle of the Bulge Q's

My questions are basically to the builders, the veterans that built it, and the effects it has on the community.

Where did the veterans get the money to build the monument?

What were the reasons for the lay out of the monument?

Do people visit this memorial regularly?

Who designed the monument?