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According to the Rhode Island Holocaust Memorial’s official website, the monument serves to “Honor(s) the dead and celebrate(s) the living - building a bridge from the past for young people and for all who seek insight, peace, and solace." In this paper, I will focus on how the Holocaust Memorial's intended meaning may have shifted since its dedication in 2015. I will use the social fabric of 2015, marred by Trumpism and the subsequent rise of antisemitism, as the framework through which I discuss the Memorial’s shifting meaning.