Thursday, March 29, 2012

Drake's take on Vancouver Crossroads

We went to a tower. It was no ordinary tower. It is the Brooding Soldier and it's there to commentate the first gas attack on Canadians. It represents 2000 Canadian soldiers that died in this battle.

The Brooding Soldier is a design that came second in the competition for the Vimy Ridge Memorial. I really like how it starts as a slab of stone and then changes into a soldier on the top. On the base of the monument there are directions to the other battles/monuments from the war.










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  1. AnonymousMarch 29, 2012 at 11:33 AM

    History has a greater impact when you are standing at the place where it actually occurred. It is apparent in the various posts by the kids that what happened there is sinking in.
    I am really liking the pictures as well.
    Thanks
    Hunter's mom

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