St-Julien Memorial - Ottawa, Ontario
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The St. Julien Memorial model, created by Frederick Chapman Clemesha, is on permanent display at the Canadian War Museum in Ottawa, Ontario. The original Memorial is located in Saint-Julien, Langemark, Belgium.
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Location: Ontario, Canada
Date Posted: 07/08/2018
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This is the original model for the St. Julien Memorial in Belgium. The finished monument marks the site of the 2nd Battle of Ypres (St. Julien). The inscription reads: THIS COLUMN MARKS THE BATTLEFIELD WHERE 18,000 CANADIANS ON THE BRITISH LEFT WITHSTOOD THE FIRST GERMAN GAS ATTACKS THE 22ND-24TH OF APRIL 1915. 2,000 FELL AND HERE LIE BURIED
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The St. Julien Memorial is a Canadian war memorial and small commemorative park located in the village of Saint-Julien, Langemark (West Flemish: Sint-Juliaan), Belgium. The memorial commemorates the Canadian First Division's participation in the Second Battle of Ypres of World War I which included fighting in the face of the first poison gas attacks along the Western Front. Frederick Chapman Clemesha's sculpture, the Brooding Soldier, was selected to serve as the central feature of the monument following a design competition organized by the Canadian Battlefield Monument Commission in 1920.
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