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The Cenotaph

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How The Cenotaph Became A Focus For Remembrance | Forces TV

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Metal Slug 3: OST - The cenotaph

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The Cenotaph: A symbol of mourning and remembrance

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Royalty attend and participate in Remembrance Day at the Cenotaph at Whitehall for WWI and...(1947)

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THE CENOTAPH CEREMONY, 1949

The Cenotaph is a war memorial on Whitehall in London, England. Its origin is in a temporary structure erected for a peace parade following the end of the First World War, and after an outpouring of national sentiment it was replaced in 1920 by a permanent structure and designated the United Kingdom's official national war memorial.
  • Background 

  • Origins: the temporary Cenotaph 

  • Reconstruction in stone 

  • Design 

  • Unveiling 

  • Later history 

  • Representations in art and literature 

  • Remembrance services 

  • Other cenotaphs