memorial flame
Tribute's perpetual blaze
A memorial flame is a fire kept burning continuously to honor the dead or commemorate a significant event.
The eternal flame at John F.
Kennedy's grave is perhaps the most famous American example.
Memorial flames appear at war memorials, holocaust museums, and sites of national tragedy, their perpetual burning symbolizing enduring remembrance: The memorial flame has burned since 1963.
- eternalLasting without end
- torchHandheld burning light source
- sacred fireReligiously significant perpetual blaze
- vigilPurposeful nighttime wakefulness
- tributeOffering of respect
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memorial flamebirthday candle
Cake-topping wick for wishes
wildfire · cooking fire · match · fireworks · cigarette lighter
memorial flameunmarked grave
Burial site without identification
damnatio memoriae · oblivion · forgetting · erasure · neglect
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