Memorial Chapel (Niš)
Memorial Chapel may refer to: * Memorial Chapel (University of Maryland), a nondenominational building on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park * Memorial Chapel (Niš), a memorial to the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia *Memorial Chapel, The Leys School The Memorial Chapel of The Leys is situated on the grounds of The Leys School, Cambridge, England. It was built as a memorial to the first headmaster of The Leys, William Fiddian Moulton. Plans for the chapel, designed by architect Robert Curwen, ...

Memorial Chapel (University Of Maryland)
Memorial Chapel is a non-denominational building on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park, constructed to honor those associated with the university who had lost their lives serving in the United States Armed Forces. The building, designed by Henry Powell Hopkins, actually is made up of three chapels: the Main Chapel, the West Chapel, and the Chapel of the Blessed Sacrament. A Vietnam Veterans Memorial was constructed on the Chapel grounds in 1988. The steeple of the chapel is the highest point on campus. History In 1946, the university's Board of Regents approved the construction of the chapel, after four students presented a petition of 1,348 signatures to the Board for the construction of an interdenominational place of worship on campus. In 1948, it was decided that the building would be dedicated to veterans of World War I and World War II. The building's dedication took place on October 12, 1952, with then-Maryland Governor Theodore McKeldin delivering the ...
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Memorial Chapel (Niš)
Memorial Chapel may refer to: * Memorial Chapel (University of Maryland), a nondenominational building on the campus of the University of Maryland, College Park * Memorial Chapel (Niš), a memorial to the 1999 NATO bombing of Yugoslavia *Memorial Chapel, The Leys School The Memorial Chapel of The Leys is situated on the grounds of The Leys School, Cambridge, England. It was built as a memorial to the first headmaster of The Leys, William Fiddian Moulton. Plans for the chapel, designed by architect Robert Curwen, ...