Monday 19 November 2018

19.11.18

Marker #2: The original cenotaph was constructed in London, England out of plaster and wood, and designed by Edwin Luytens in 1919. A call was made to erect a permanent structure in Whitehall a year later in 1920.


The Vancouver cenotaph at Victory Square was erected soon after in 1924, built of Nelson Island granite- a common foundational stone found in numerous Vancouver and Victoria buildings. Inscriptions are engraved on each face, memorialized in the act of remembrance. On approach the "All ye that pass by" text welcomed and warned.

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