What is "memorials"

Usage examples of "memorials".

After supper, I drew a most affecting picture of my position, shewing that I should be in need of everything until my arrival at Rome, where I was going, I said, to fill the post of secretary of memorials, and my astonishment may be imagined when I saw the blockhead delighted at the recital of my misfortunes.

All the others have been replaced by stained-glass memorials to the 100 names on the plaque in the chapel hallway.

Long days and nights were spent reporting to Foreign Secretary Jay and composing memorials to Carmarthen.