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Originally Posted by Less
Lets be honest, if they built it today it wouldn't be allowed unless it also mentioned the Enemies fallen killed by our heroes, because we can't have winners and losers, just P.C.
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Thinking about it, there isn't a hope that they'd be built today.
Cartainly not without outrage, about the slaughter of certain innocents.
It takes skill, and tact, to organise a welcome home parade, in a batallions' home town. An actual memorial? Not a cat in Hell's chance.
By the way, the noted sculptors whose work is featured on many of our war memorials, and believed to be amongst some of the best cold cast bronzes of the century, was commissioned on a commercial basis.
They didn't let those who weren't really very good, have a go, so they didn't feel left out, as part of some community arts project.