Maccabees II Chapter 6 Verse 28 - Douglas Head War Memorial - Douglas, Isle of Man - Etched in Stone on Waymarking.com

The War Memorial on Douglas Head was a gift of Mr. J.L. Goldie-Taubman MLC which was dedicated on 11th November 1921. The original cross was blown down in a storm on 11th October 1928 and the present cross is a smaller a simpler granite cross. The quote from Maccabees II Chapter 6 Verse 28 is inscribed at the base of the memorial tablet the full text of which is shown below:
'TO THE CHIVALRY
OF THE MEN OF THIS ISLAND
AND ALL WHO DIED FOR US
A TOKEN
OF PROFOUND ADMIRATION
AND DEEP GRATITUDE.
"THESE LEAVE A NOTBABLE EXAMPLE TO SUCH AS
BE YOUNG TO DIE WILLINGLY AND COURAGEOUSLY"
MACC II VI.28.'

Maccabees II is a book in the ‘apocrypha’ which were published in the original 1611 King James Bible.

The Bible apocrypha denotes a collection of apocrypha ancient books found in some versions of Christian Bibles in a separate section between the Old and New Testaments, or as an appendix after the New Testaments. Some Christian Churches include some or all of the same texts within the body of their version of the Old Testament. (Source: (visit link)

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