点评:In my honest opinion, this is the best thing to see in Salem, MA and really the only thing worth spending time on. I realize I am a bit biased, but our trip to Salem did not really sit very well with me. So many people trying to make money off the sad misfortunes of these poor people was..... well, I found it to be a bit disgusting. But that's just me. I realize its a popular place for a lot of people and for a lot of reasons. Having said that...
The memorial is very well done. It is small. Understated. Unassuming. Peaceful. Solemn. Sad. Exactly how a memorial to these people should be. I appreciated it a lot, and whoever designed and built it deserves a lot of credit. There are rock "benches" jutting out from a rock wall - one for every person murdered after being found guilty of witchcraft. Some have wilted flowers on them. Others - nothing. There is a small cemetery that halfway surrounds the memorial. I do not know if the victims are buried there, as we did not have time to tour the cemetery. There are also some old buildings that are in the process of being renovated.
There is no charge for visiting the memorial. You can purchase a cemetery listing, but there is no pressure to do so. This is what Salem should be about. Preserving the memory of people who were taken too soon.
翻译:说实话,这是马萨诸塞州塞勒姆最值得一看的地方,也是唯一值得花时间去体验的地方。我知道我有点偏心,但我们这次塞勒姆之行真的让我很不舒服。这么多人想利用这些可怜人的不幸来赚钱……嗯,我觉得有点恶心。但这只是我个人的看法。我知道这里之所以受欢迎,有很多原因。话虽如此……
纪念碑建得非常好。它很小,低调,不张扬,宁静,庄严,悲伤。这正是纪念这些人的纪念碑应有的样子。我非常欣赏它,设计和建造它的人也值得称赞。岩壁上伸出一些石凳——代表着每个因巫术罪被谋杀的人。有些石凳上放着枯萎的花朵,有些则什么也没有。纪念碑周围有一小片墓地。我不知道遇难者是否埋葬在那里,因为我们没有时间参观墓地。那里还有一些正在翻修的老建筑。
参观纪念馆是免费的。你可以购买墓地清单,但没有人强迫你这样做。这才是塞勒姆应该做的:保存那些过早逝去的人的记忆。