Spalding War Memorial is a First World War memorial in the gardens of
Ayscoughfee Hall in Spalding, Lincolnshire, in eastern England. It was
designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens. The proposal originated with Barbara
McLaren; her husband Francis McLaren, the town's member of parliament,
was killed during the war. Lutyens produced a plan for a cross in a
grand memorial cloister surrounding a circular pond. The memorial was to
be built in the hall's formal gardens, which were owned by the local
council. After a public meeting and a vote in 1919, a reduced-scale
version emerged as the preferred option. The memorial consists of a
brick pavilion at the south end of the garden and a Stone of
Remembrance, both at the head of a long reflecting pool (pictured). The
design was not used in any of Lutyens's other war memorials but it
influenced several of his cemeteries on the Western Front. The memorial
was unveiled at a ceremony on 9 June 1922, and is a Grade I listed
building.
Read more: <https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Spalding_War_Memorial>
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Today's selected anniversaries:
1804:
Led by Meriwether Lewis and William Clark, the Corps of
Discovery left Camp Dubois near present-day Hartford, Illinois, to begin
the first overland expedition to the West Coast of the United States and
back.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lewis_and_Clark_Expedition>
1940:
World War II: The bulk of Dutch forces surrendered to the
German Wehrmacht, ending the Battle of the Netherlands.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Battle_of_the_Netherlands>
1980:
Salvadoran Civil War: Refugees trying to flee El Salvador
across the Sumpul River to Honduras were attacked by both Salvadoran and
Honduran forces, resulting in at least 300 deaths.
<https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sumpul_River_massacre>
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Wiktionary's word of the day:
up to something:
(idiomatic) Doing something mischievous or scheming.
<https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/up_to_something>
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Wikiquote quote of the day:
Ideals are like stars; you will not succeed in touching them with
your hands. But like the seafaring man on the desert of waters, you
choose them as your guides, and following them you will reach your
destiny.
--Carl Schurz
<https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Carl_Schurz>
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