Have you ever walked in a park somewhere and seen benches with a (usually) metal plate attached to it, and an inscription of some sort? It prompts one to go closer and see what it says.

Bench dedications are a great way to honor, memorialize and pay tribute to family or friends. Or perhaps to a group or an organization. It is not free of charge of course, for it costs to make the plate and attach it to the bench, but mainly it is a form of supporting the park or wherever the bench is situated. Anybody can naturally sit on that bench, but it must be especially meaningful for the relatives or friends whose memory it honors. A really clever and fine way to

But what dies it cost then? In some places or countries they really charge you a lot, and it is usually valid for only a number of years. After that you lose the right to have it there unless you make a new deposit. But the best way to see these memorial benches is really as a support for the park which often are owned by the city or county where they reside.

16.3.2023