The Arch of Remembrance is a First World War memorial designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens and located in Victoria Park, Leicester, in the East Midlands of England. A committee was formed in 1919 to propose a permanent memorial, and the first proposal was accepted, but eventually cancelled due to a shortage of funds. The committee then asked for a memorial arch, which Lutyens presented to a public meeting in 1923. With a large budget devoted entirely to the structure, the result is one of the architect's largest and most imposing war memorials, dominating Victoria Park and the surrounding area. The memorial was unveiled on 4 July 1925 in front of a large crowd. It cost £27,000, though the committee was left with a funding shortfall of £5,500, for which they were criticised in the local press. The arch is a Grade I listed building and, since 2015, has been part of a national collection of Lutyens's war memorials.
Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Arch_of_Remembrance
_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:
1945:
The Brazilian cruiser Bahia was accidentally sunk by one of its own crewmen, killing more than 300. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brazilian_cruiser_Bahia
1976:
Israeli forces raided Uganda's Entebbe International Airport to free hostages taken by hijackers on Air France Flight 139. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Entebbe
2005:
The impactor of the NASA space probe Deep Impact collided with the comet Tempel 1, excavating interior material to study its composition. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Deep_Impact_%28spacecraft%29
_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:
all-American: 1. Comprising things that are wholly from the United States of America; completely made in the United States. 2. Regarded as embodying the ideal qualities of the United States; (specifically) of a person: courageous, heroic; honest, wholesome, etc. 3. (US, chiefly sports) Of a person or a team, or some other thing: regarded as the best in the United States. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/all-American
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Something in all human beings makes them want to do the right thing. Not that this desire always prevails; oftentimes it is overcome and they turn towards evil. But some power is constantly calling them back. Ever there comes a resistance to wrongdoing. When bad conditions begun to accumulate, when the forces of darkness become prevalent, always they are ultimately doomed to fail, as the better angels of human nature are roused to resistance. --Calvin Coolidge https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Calvin_Coolidge