Monday, November 11, 2019

Remembrance Day



Torpedoed mechantmen in the Gulf of St Lawrence, 1942.

Below, monument in Coronation Park in Toronto designed by artist John McEwen. 
 Coronation Park was built as a Veteran's Memorial park in 1937, two years later WW2 began. The monument below was constructed in 1995 to celebrate the 50s anniversary of the end of WW2.

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4 comments:

  1. VectorWarbirdsNovember 12, 2019 at 10:13 AM

    We Yanks salute you brave seamen for taking the war to Hitlers doorstep, and winning it. Honorable veterans this veterans day.

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  2. Mister GNovember 12, 2019 at 2:58 PM

    I think I've read that crowds used to gather along Florida's coast to watch torpedoed freighters burn, so for awhile the war was right at our (North Americans) front door. Honor and respect to those those who stepped up and did what had to be done.

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  3. Graham ClaytonNovember 17, 2019 at 9:00 PM

    The sinking of merchant shipping near the US coast was known as the "Second Happy Time":

    https://owlcation.com/humanities/WW2-The-Second-Happy-Time-German-U-Boats-Feeding-Off-US-Coast

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  4. Mister GNovember 21, 2019 at 7:57 PM

    Thanks for the link!

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