just about every town has its WWI memorial (which has then often been added to
to become a WWII and Korean War memorial as well). My children's elementary
school has a plaque commemorating former students who were killed in the war; a
WWII plaque was added later. I don't know if we're an exception that way, but
WWI was very strongly memorialized here.
One of the main reasons our family is headed to France next summer is to see
the Vimy
Memorial that the Canadian government built on land granted by the French
government.
It's interesting to me to hear that local memorials may be less common in other
countries; I've taken their presence for granted (though not the memorials
themselves — I always stop in towns to read
them).
Lúthien Rising
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