{"id":804,"date":"2010-11-11T14:28:55","date_gmt":"2010-11-11T19:28:55","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/weblog.larkvi.com\/?p=804"},"modified":"2010-11-11T14:28:55","modified_gmt":"2010-11-11T19:28:55","slug":"stained-glass-soldiers-tower-university-of-toronto-rememberance-day-2010","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.larkvi.com\/blog\/photography\/stained-glass-soldiers-tower-university-of-toronto-rememberance-day-2010\/","title":{"rendered":"Stained Glass, Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto, Remembrance Day, 2010"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"Stained<\/a><\/p>\n

The stained glass windows in the Memorial Room of Soldiers’ Tower, built to honor the memory of the 1,185 members of the University of Toronto who gave their life in the First World War, and expanded to honor those who fell in the Second. Symbolizing the sacrifice, and memorializing the honoured dead, the windows are based upon the famous poem by University of Toronto Alumnus Lt. Col. John McCrae, “In Flanders Fields”:<\/p>\n

In Flanders fields the poppies blow\nBetween the crosses, row on row,\nThat mark our place; and in the sky\nThe larks, still bravely singing, fly\nScarce heard amid the guns below.\n\nWe are the Dead. Short days ago\nWe lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,\nLoved and were loved, and now we lie,\nIn Flanders fields.\n\nTake up our quarrel with the foe:\nTo you from failing hands we throw\nThe torch; be yours to hold it high.\nIf ye break faith with us who die\nWe shall not sleep, though poppies grow\nIn Flanders fields.<\/pre>\n
\"Battle<\/a><\/p>\n
This window memorializes the dead of the Battle of Vimy Ridge, the first time all four units of the Canadian Expeditionary Force fought together, suffering heavy losses and, according to some, birthing a national, Canadian, identity.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
The stained glass windows in the Memorial Room of Soldiers’ Tower, built to honor the memory of the 1,185 members of the University of Toronto who gave their life in the First World War, and expanded to honor those who fell in the Second. Symbolizing the sacrifice, and memorializing the honoured dead, the windows are … Continue reading “Stained Glass, Soldiers’ Tower, University of Toronto, Remembrance Day, 2010”<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[8],"tags":[168,169,393,409,555,556,635,747,826,839,918,939,947,985],"class_list":["post-804","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-photography","tag-canada","tag-canadian-expeditionary-force","tag-hart-house","tag-honoured-dead","tag-memorial-day","tag-memorial-room","tag-ontario","tag-remembrance-day","tag-soldiers-tower","tag-stained-glass","tag-toronto","tag-university-of-toronto","tag-vimy-ridge","tag-world-war-i"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.larkvi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.larkvi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.larkvi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.larkvi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.larkvi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=804"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.larkvi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/804\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.larkvi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=804"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.larkvi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=804"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.larkvi.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=804"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}