1.   Already there were memorials to fallen police officers and victims of the Holocaust, and a memorial was being built to victims of the Irish potato famine.

2.   Are memorials built to honor the past, or guide the future?

3.   Before the memorial can be built, it must be approved by the Fine Arts Commission and the National Capital Planning Commission.

4.   A permanent memorial is being built at the Oklahoma City site.

5.   Advocates of the memorial expressed confidence that despite the new setback, the memorial would be built.

6.   But he added that the debates themselves could be more important than whatever memorial is eventually built.

7.   But if he did, he probably would reject the idea of building a memorial to a president who is still alive or who only recently died.

8.   But recent efforts to build a memorial to them has set off yet another battle.

9.   By the time the memorial is built and dedicated, few will around to savor it.

10.   Contractor for the project is Cold Springs Granite, which has built memorials for Joe DiMaggio and Franklin D. Roosevelt.