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# Typo on Indiana Monument Honors Soldiers in the War on “Terriorism”
- URL: https://hyperallergic.com/typo-on-indiana-monument-honors-soldiers-in-the-war-on-terriorism/
- Published: 2017-07-03T18:11:59.000Z
- Updated: 2025-11-24T16:41:03.000Z
- Description: Mysteriously, no mention is made of those lost in the "War on Rugs."
- Author: Jillian Steinhauer
- Tags: In Brief, Memorials, #wp, #wp-post, #image-position-hidden, #Import 2025-11-24 07:30(2016, 2017, part 3)

As the *New York Times* moves forward with its [dismaying plan](http://theconcourse.deadspin.com/the-new-york-times-is-killing-its-soul-1796530129?ref=hyperallergic.com) to lay off dozens of copy editors restructure its copy desk, a memorial in Columbia City, Indiana, is [crying out with a message](http://www.wthr.com/article/terrorism-misspelled-on-bench-at-indiana-war-memorial?ref=hyperallergic.com): The world needs copy editors. More than ever.

The monument honors 15 local soldiers who died in the Vietnam War. Alongside the central stone slab, it features a bench remembering those who fought in other wars. Among them are the Iraq War and the “War on Terriorism” — a new benchmark for memorial misspellings.

The typo raises all kinds of entertaining possibilities. Would that it were actually a tribute to the heroes of a little-known war against [French vintners](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terroir?ref=hyperallergic.com) or to the promulgators of an obscure assault on [feisty dogs](http://www.akc.org/dog-breeds/groups/terrier/?ref=hyperallergic.com). Alas, the spelling would *still* be wrong. “[A pretty small thing to worry about](http://wane.com/2017/07/01/spelling-mistake-brings-attention-to-new-war-memorial/?ref=hyperallergic.com)” and yet a pretty big loss in the war on typos.