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In 1925, in passing its verdict in the competition to design Winnipeg’s civic war memorial, the judging panel declared for the winner with the following words: “The sentiment is simply and directly expressed in a manner about which no doubt can be felt and no questions need to be asked.” For these judges, the winning design was not open to interpretation; it had one meaning and one meaning only, and that meaning would endure for all time. Nearly a century’s worth of experience with commemorat... |