Northampton War Memorial is a First World War memorial on Wood Hill in the centre of Northampton, the county town of Northamptonshire, in central England. Designed by architect Sir Edwin Lutyens and unveiled on 11 November 1926, it stands in a small garden in what was once part of the churchyard of All Saints' Church. It is one of the more elaborate town memorials in England, with a pair of obelisks, characteristic of the Lutyens war memorials, and a Stone of Remembrance, which he designed for the Imperial War Graves Commission. Stone flags appear as if draped on the obelisks; this feature is shared by several of his memorials, but was rejected for his Cenotaph in London. Today the Northampton War Memorial is a Grade I listed building; it was upgraded from Grade II in 2015 when the Lutyens war memorials were declared a "national collection" and all were granted listed building status or had their listing renewed.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Northampton_War_Memorial
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1778:
American Revolutionary War: British forces and their Iroquois allies attacked a fort and the village of Cherry Valley, New York, killing 14 soldiers and 30 civilians. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cherry_Valley_massacre
1918:
Józef Piłsudski was appointed commander-in-chief of Polish forces by the Regency Council and was entrusted with creating a national government for the newly independent country. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/J%C3%B3zef_Pi%C5%82sudski
1960:
A coup attempt by the Army of the Republic of Vietnam against President Ngo Dinh Diem was crushed after Diem falsely promised reform, allowing loyalists to rescue him. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1960_South_Vietnamese_coup_attempt
1999:
The House of Lords Act was given royal assent, removing most hereditary peers from the British House of Lords. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/House_of_Lords_Act_1999
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
war-weary: 1. Weary or tired of war. 2. Tired from fighting in a war. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/war-weary
___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:
The eleventh day of the eleventh month has always seemed to me to be special. Even if the reason for it fell apart as the years went on, it was a symbol of something close to the high part of the heart. Perhaps a life that stretches through two or three wars takes its first war rather seriously, but I still think we should have kept the name "Armistice Day." Its implications were a little more profound, a little more hopeful. --Walt Kelly https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Walt_Kelly