tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post8353661966609567779..comments2024-03-17T18:23:38.257+01:00Comments on Invisible Paris: Challenge 11: the WW1 memorial that never wasAdamhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-9874121711379487982023-04-03T13:09:45.488+02:002023-04-03T13:09:45.488+02:00Divine Eye is counted among the leading service p...<a href="https://www.divine-eye.in/" rel="nofollow"> Divine Eye </a> is counted among the leading service providers for all kinds of investigation services to its clients through the Pan India network.Techleonahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08683292146824018699noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-52036659999145422172018-10-20T17:00:19.574+02:002018-10-20T17:00:19.574+02:00Interestingly the original Lutyens-designed Cenota...Interestingly the original Lutyens-designed Cenotaph in Whitehall London (erected at the same spot as the stone one) was a canvas and plaster of Paris construction. Intended as a point that the Allied troops taking part in the post-First World War London Peace Parade (also called the Victory Parade) could salute in recognition of their dead comrades. When it was replaced by the stone memorial Richardnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-55077746860409628952017-05-15T21:04:15.140+02:002017-05-15T21:04:15.140+02:00Impressive detective work Adam!Impressive detective work Adam!Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14391698533722905666noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-35594039364871900062017-03-28T09:56:09.964+02:002017-03-28T09:56:09.964+02:00Yes, you are absolutely right. The Treaty of Versa...Yes, you are absolutely right. The Treaty of Versailles wasn't even effective at that time. Having young, injured soldier/artists work on the memorial might have been cathartic too (or possibly not in the case of Paltz!)<br />I wonder if such temporary memorials was a common occurence? After all, didn't Napoleon only see his 'Arc de Triomphe' in a wood and cloth version?Adamhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06453626318828119830noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7725154806633928919.post-76910927322166989002017-03-28T02:34:46.251+02:002017-03-28T02:34:46.251+02:00Thanks for doing the research. The newspaper artic...Thanks for doing the research. The newspaper article (November 1919) made perfect sense. The war had barely finished and the surviving soldiers were still returning home early in 1919, so there were probably no plans yet for a permanent, expensive, national monument. In fact it took huge memorials like the Shrine of Remembrance in Melbourne another decade to be approved and funded.<br /><br />So Helshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02849907428208235392noreply@blogger.com