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The World Remembers

Posted on October 25, 2017 at 9:39 pm.

Written by Jen McKay

Posted in: General News

Matthews Hall will be taking part in a unique commemoration of those who died in World War 1. Starting on October 23rd and ending on November 11th, we will be displaying the names of soldiers killed in 1917.

Those who lost their lives in the 1914-1918 war have been remembered collectively, but forgotten personally. The World Remembers will allow us to reflect on the humanity of each of the men and women who lost their lives through remembrance, education and reconciliation.

The display will run in the Atrium each day from 8:30am to 7:00 pm. You are welcome to pay respects at any time and please feel free to bring friends or relatives.

“The World Remembers offers a powerful reminder the Great War was, first and foremost, a human tragedy. To see all those names is to appreciate that behind every one of them is a life and a story, one perhaps not so very different from another. We must never lose sight of the fact that history is not the story of nations or ideologies, but of people, and The World Remembers helps us with that.” Jonathan Vance, Historian

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