Its always an exciting moment when I discover something in Port Elizabeth that I didn't know about before. This was the case the other day when I noticed this foliage in the shape of a cross in St Georges Park just behind the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Art Gallery.
The plaque reads: In memory of all those South African men and women who lost their lives in the various wars. Not for themselves but for others.
I always knew of the Cenotaph outside the entrance to the park, the Prince Alfred Guard Memorial and a third war memorial which I just realised that I haven't taken a photo of before (Note to self: Go take photo of war memorial plaque at St Georges). This means that St Georges Park has four war memorials... that I know of.
An appropriate post for Poppy Day coming up.. on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month"
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