Eternal Light Peace Memorial

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monument peace monument war memorial

The Eternal Light Peace Memorial is a monument at the Gettysburg battlefield dedicated to national unity and reconciliation, featuring an eternal flame symbolizing enduring peace.

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All labels observed (3)

Label	Occurrences
Eternal Light Peace Memorial canonical	3
Eternal Flame memorials	1
peace memorial	1

How this entity was disambiguated

This entity first appeared as the object of triple T170138 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.

NED1 Entity disambiguation (via context triple) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eternal Light Peace Memorial
Context triple: [Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, hasLandmark, Eternal Light Peace Memorial]

A. Nagasaki Peace Park
Nagasaki Peace Park is a memorial park in Nagasaki, Japan, dedicated to promoting peace and commemorating the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing.
B. Korean War Veterans Memorial
The Korean War Veterans Memorial is a U.S. national monument in Washington, D.C., honoring those who served and sacrificed during the Korean War through a striking display of soldier statues and commemorative walls.
C. Genbaku Dome
Genbaku Dome, also known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, is the preserved ruin of a building near the hypocenter of the 1945 atomic blast and now serves as a UNESCO World Heritage Site symbolizing the horrors of nuclear war and the hope for peace.
D. Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum is a memorial and educational institution in Nagasaki, Japan, documenting the 1945 atomic bombing and promoting peace and nuclear disarmament.
E. Pentagon Memorial
The Pentagon Memorial is a national memorial in Arlington, Virginia, honoring the 184 victims who died in the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon.
F. None of above. chosen
G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.

NED2 Entity disambiguation (via description) gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07

Target entity: Eternal Light Peace Memorial
Target entity description: The Eternal Light Peace Memorial is a monument at the Gettysburg battlefield dedicated to national unity and reconciliation, featuring an eternal flame symbolizing enduring peace.

A. Nagasaki Peace Park
Nagasaki Peace Park is a memorial park in Nagasaki, Japan, dedicated to promoting peace and commemorating the victims of the 1945 atomic bombing.
B. Korean War Veterans Memorial
The Korean War Veterans Memorial is a U.S. national monument in Washington, D.C., honoring those who served and sacrificed during the Korean War through a striking display of soldier statues and commemorative walls.
C. Genbaku Dome
Genbaku Dome, also known as the Hiroshima Peace Memorial, is the preserved ruin of a building near the hypocenter of the 1945 atomic blast and now serves as a UNESCO World Heritage Site symbolizing the horrors of nuclear war and the hope for peace.
D. Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum
The Nagasaki Atomic Bomb Museum is a memorial and educational institution in Nagasaki, Japan, documenting the 1945 atomic bombing and promoting peace and nuclear disarmament.
E. Pentagon Memorial
The Pentagon Memorial is a national memorial in Arlington, Virginia, honoring the 184 victims who died in the September 11, 2001 attack on the Pentagon.
F. None of above. chosen

Statements (34)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	monument ⓘ peace monument ⓘ war memorial ⓘ
architect	Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ
category	1938 establishments in Pennsylvania ⓘ Monuments and memorials at Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ Peace monuments in the United States ⓘ
commemorates	75th anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg ⓘ American Civil War ⓘ
country	United States of America ⓘ
dedicatedBy	Franklin D. Roosevelt ⓘ linked to: President Franklin D. Roosevelt
dedicatedOn	1938-07-03 ⓘ
dedicatedTo	national unity ⓘ reconciliation ⓘ
designer	Paul Philippe Cret ⓘ
fundedBy	Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ⓘ linked to: Pennsylvania other U.S. states ⓘ
hasEvent	75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg reunion ⓘ
hasInscription	Peace Eternal in a Nation United ⓘ
hasPart	eternal flame ⓘ
height	approximately 47 feet ⓘ
lightingType	eternal flame ⓘ
locatedIn	Adams County, Pennsylvania ⓘ Gettysburg National Military Park ⓘ Gettysburg, Pennsylvania ⓘ linked to: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States
locatedOn	Oak Hill ⓘ
material	Alabama limestone ⓘ Maine granite ⓘ
overlooks	Gettysburg battlefield ⓘ linked to: Gettysburg National Military Park
subjectOf	National Register of Historic Places documentation ⓘ linked to: National Register of Historic Places
symbolizes	enduring peace ⓘ national unity ⓘ reconciliation between North and South ⓘ
unveiledOn	1938-07-03 ⓘ

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Referenced by (5)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Gettysburg, Pennsylvania → hasLandmark → Eternal Light Peace Memorial ⓘ

subject linked to: Gettysburg, Pennsylvania, United States

Volgograd → hasMemorial → Eternal Flame memorials ⓘ

linked to: Eternal Light Peace Memorial

Gettysburg National Military Park → hasPart → Eternal Light Peace Memorial ⓘ

75th Anniversary of the Battle of Gettysburg reunion → dedicatedMonument → Eternal Light Peace Memorial ⓘ

Siegestor, Munich → currentFunction → peace memorial ⓘ