War Memorials and Statues (GRC 377 Post 4)

One fascinating thing we did this week was visit the various war memorials and statues all around London. There were different ones for the different ward, and the different countries and people (also animals) that fought in them. Some of the designs were pretty incredible!

There were so many different shapes, sizes, and designs. This one was a war memorial for the Canadian soldiers (I forgot which war it was, oops). I could tell it was Canadian right away because of the little maple leaves, which is a major symbol of Canada, all throughout the memorial. What also made it cool was the little bit of water that trickled down and made the leaves look like they were floating almost.

This was probably my favorite design of the memorial we saw. From far away, you can see all  kinds of words across it, but when you get close, you realize that all o f ht big words are made out of so many smaller words. Our tour guide told us that these words were all of the cities the soldiers from the UK, Australia, and a few other countries were born in.

 As you can tell, these monument come in all form, whether just some-pole looking forms (left picture) or full on statues (right picture). They also don't have to be for just humans, like the picture in the middle with was honoring the animals that forcefully helped in the wars. It was great to see all of those people/animas honored for all they had done and given for their countries. I was truly amazed by all of these incredible memorials.