Essential Word Roots: Total Recall: Mem

One time last March, he dressed up as a battered drowning victim to commemorate the catastrophic failure of the St. Francis Dam. 100 Sideways Miles

Although these practices vary from one community to the next, at the core of each dance, of each song, of each prayer is a commemoration of the gift of corn. An Indigenous People’s History of the United States

Three Elf-towers of immemorial age were still to be seen on the Tower Hills beyond the western marches. The Fellowship of the Ring

It was built in memoriam to those who have lost their lives in auto accidents, and as a place of healing. All The Bright Places

He had mementos of the Panama Pacific International Exposition of 1915—little towers of jewels. Cannery Row

She wrote him a short memo, Gone—then added—to my folks. How the García Girls Lost Their Accents

The prison’s most famous warden, Lewis Lawes, called his memoir Twenty Thousand Years in Sing Sing—the number referred to the sum of the length of sentences of all the inmates under his supervision. Newjack: Guarding Sing Sing

"Jack, I'm going to buy your whole team autographed Star Trek memorabilia." The Martian

And once the advice became practical and personal, it became memorable. The Tipping Point

When the FBI concluded their interviews, they sent a memorandum to FBI director J. Edgar Hoover stating the results of their investigation. While the World Watched: A Birmingham Bombing Survivor Comes of Age during the Civil Rights Movement

He organized celebrations to honor veterans and commemorate anniversaries of the Wall, as well as spearheading fund-raising efforts to keep the memorial in good repair. Boots on the Ground: America's War in Vietnam

Next time I will bring the video camera, so his stories will be memorialized forever. Finding Junie Kim

A memory rises: Etienne was in a field east of the city with his brother. All the Light We Cannot See

The warmth and closeness—they were the things to remember—and his father’s trust. East of Eden

She knew from listening to her grandmother that old age was made up of such remembrances of youth. A Tree Grows in Brooklyn