Grey stone tower – Toronto

The Memorial Tower stands at 143 feet tall and includes:

1) A carillon of 51 Bells, each one a memorial.
2) A military museum in the Memorial Room.
3) A memorial screen listing 624 members of the University of Toronto killed in the First World War.
4) An archway listing 557 members of the University of Toronto killed in the Second World War.
5) Two memorial books for the First and Second World Wars.
6) A stained glass window of twelve large panels with four words – SERVICE SACRIFICE FREEDOM PEACE.

Inscription

[cross/croix]
IN FLANDERS FIELDS
IN FLANDERS FIELDS
THE POPPIES BLOW
BETWEEN THE CROSSES
ROW ON ROW,
THAT MARK OUR PLACE

AND IN THE SKY
THE LARKS, STILL
BRAVELY SINGING, FLY

SCARCE HEARD AMID
THE GUNS BELOW.
WE ARE THE DEAD,
SHORT DAYS AGO
WE LIVED, FELT DAWN,
SAW SUNSET GLOW,
LOVED AND WERE LOVED,
AND NOW WE LIE,
IN FLANDERS FIELDS.

TAKE UP OUR
QUARREL WITH
THE FOE:
TO YOU FROM
FAILING HANDS
WE THROW
THE TORCH,
BE YOURS TO
HOLD IT HIGH,
IF YE BREAK
FAITH WITH US
WHO DIE
WE SHALL NOT
SLEEP, THOUGH
POPPIES GROW
IN FLANDERS
FIELDS.

JOHN MC CRAE, ’94

Cette tour commémorative de 143 pieds de haut comprend :

1) Un carillon de 51 cloches constituant chacune un mémorial;
2) Un musée militaire dans la salle Memorial;
3) Une chapelle commémorative dans laquelle sont inscrits les noms des 624 membres de l’Université de Toronto tués pendant la Première Guerre mondiale;
4) Une arche portant les noms des 557 membres de l’Université de Toronto tués pendant la Seconde Guerre mondiale;
5) Deux livres du Souvenir, pour la Première et la Seconde Guerres mondiales;
6) Un vitrail composé de 12 grands panneaux et portant les mots : SERVICE, SACRIFICE, FREEDOM, PEACE (SERVICE, SACRIFICE, LIBERTÉ, PAIX).

Le texte de l’inscription figure dans la section anglaise.