The Devon County War Memorial is a First World War memorial on Cathedral Green in Exeter, the county town of Devon, in the south west of England. It is one of fifteen War Crosses designed by Sir Edwin Lutyens to a similar specification. The Devon County War Memorial Committee commissioned Lutyens to design a War Cross and chose to site it at Exeter Cathedral. Hewn from a single block of granite quarried from Haytor on Dartmoor, it stands just to the west of the cathedral, in alignment with the altar. The cross stands on a granite plinth, which itself sits on three steps. After archaeological excavations in the 1970s, the area was remodelled to create a processional way between the memorial and the cathedral. The memorial is a grade II* listed building and is included in a national collection of Lutyens' war memorials. It commemorates the war dead of the county of Devon; the Exeter City War Memorial in Northernhay Gardens honours those from the city.

Read more: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Devon_County_War_Memorial

_______________________________ Today's selected anniversaries:

1955:

Cardiff (City Hall pictured) was recognised as the capital of Wales. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cardiff

1968:

The Zodiac Killer murdered the first of his five confirmed victims in Vallejo, California, a case which remains unsolved. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zodiac_Killer

1988:

The United Nations Convention Against Illicit Traffic in Narcotic Drugs and Psychotropic Substances governing international cooperation against the illegal drug trade was signed in Vienna. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/United_Nations_Convention_Against_Illicit_Traffic_in_Narcotic_Drugs_and_Psychotropic_Substances

2007:

Pablo Picasso's Portrait of Suzanne Bloch was stolen from the São Paulo Museum of Art and recovered about three weeks later. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Portrait_of_Suzanne_Bloch

_____________________________ Wiktionary's word of the day:

leister: (fishing) A spear armed with three or more barbed prongs for catching fish, particularly salmon. https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/leister

___________________________ Wikiquote quote of the day:

I exist in the hope that these memoirs, in some manner, I know not how, may find their way to the minds of humanity in Some Dimension, and may stir up a race of rebels who shall refuse to be confined to limited Dimensionality. That is the hope of my brighter moments.   --Edwin Abbott Abbott https://en.wikiquote.org/wiki/Edwin_Abbott_Abbott