The Australian War Memorial stands for sacrifice—but is it now entangled with the very industry that profits from war? Four Corners exposes troubling links to weapons manufacturers and questions the impact of its $550 million redevelopment. #FourCorners #Sacrifice #auspol #lobby #bribery #warmemorial https://youtu.be/XCjI7yTfEhk
Watching Kim Beazley on 4 Corners story about the #WarMemorial it’s obvious Australia dodged a bullet in never electing that chickenhawk our PM. #auspol
The War Memorial Cottage in Gartcosh just to the east of Glasgow. Designed by Gavin Lennox, it was built as a memorial nurses home, and features two plaques listing the names of local residents who died in World War I (on the left hand gate pillar) and World War II (on the right hand one).
The winged figure of Victory on the Partick and Whiteinch War Memorial in Victoria Park in the West of Glasgow. Designed by Francis William Doyle-Jones, it was erected in 1922.
La Pasionaria on the Clyde Waterfront in Glasgow. Featuring a statue of Dolores Ibarruri, it's a memorial to the volunteers of the Internarional Brigade who fought and died in the fight against the forces of fascism in the Spanish Civil War in the 1930s.
My Mango velomobile parked next to an information sign about the shooting down of a Flying Suitcase (Handley Page Hampden AE185) by a Flying Pencil (Dornier Do 215).
This happened on the 18th of August 1941. At that time it was very clear that the Nazis were the bad guys.
There is information available in various places, including here:
https://asn.flightsafety.org/wikibase/53211
A fallen petal on the Gorbals Rose Garden War Memorial commemorating Private James Stokes who was born in Hutchesontown in Glasgow and died in Kervenheim in Germany in 1945 while serving with the King's Shropshire Light Infantry. He was posthumously awarded the Victoria Cross for his bravery in single-handedly storming a number of enemy positions.
One of the two lions on the Cenotaph in Glasgow's George Square. It was created in the 1920s to remember those who died during World War I. It was designed by the architect J.J. Burnet, while the sculptures, including the lions, were created by Ernest Gillick.
The media will continue to normalize the insanity, criminality, and corruption. It's how we got here.
WWI memorial window in Cadder Parish Church https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/53993098800/in/photostream/
And here are a few photos from last week. I cycled past one of the very many small war memorials in the Netherlands.
Typically, all you can see from the road is a sign which reads "Monument 1940-1945". In this case it led to a very discrete memorial to six men who died on an attack on this barn.
The action was part of Operation Amherst: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Amherst
I think it's notable that one of the brave men who died at this location in a fight to restore Dutch freedom was Syrian.
80 years ago there were Syrians fighting to help the Dutch. We can now help Syrian refugees.
Sadly, our current government does not treat refugees from Syria, or other lands, with respect.
#nlpol #warmemorial #netherlands #drenthe #syrischevluchtelingen #vluchtelingen #1945
#Geograph #POTD #PictureOfTheDay
"Harrogate Cenotaph"
The Cenotaph and Yorkshire [formerly Imperial] Hotel.
cc-by-sa/2.0 - © DS Pugh - https://geograph.org.uk/p/39828
Absolutely disgusting. Our local cenotaph was vandalized with hate imagery.
If anyone knows what "CMB" could mean, insight would be appreciated. Thanks.
#WarMemorial #vet #Vandalism #Nazi #Swastika #Extremism #Hate
https://blackburnnews.com/chatham/chatham-news/2023/03/01/veterans-shocked-angered-chatham-cenotaph-vandalism/
