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>
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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>
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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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Wikiquote quote of the day:
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>
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