The national war memorial was unveiled by Field Marshall Thomas Haig on July 1, 1924.
Enduring Witness: The story of Newfoundland’s national war memorial at 100 yearsThe centennial of Newfoundland’s National War Memorial in downtown St. John’s will be commemorated on July 1 with the addition of a tomb of the unknown soldier.
Haig commanded the British army on the Western Front for most of the war, including during the 1916 Somme offensive, one of the deadliest battles in human history. The Newfoundland Regiment was nearly decimated at Beaumont-Hamel."Newfoundland may well feel proud of her sons. The heroism and devotion to duty they displayed on the first July has never been surpassed."
The artistic design was unlike anything seen in St. John's at that point, with the central statue high atop the middle pillar coined the Spirit of Newfoundland, a woman holding a torch in her left hand as a symbol of freedom inspired by the poem, written by John McCrae. The woman holds a sword in her right hand, ready for battle if freedom is threatened.
He also spearheaded the establishment of five caribou memorials in France and Belgium, in what came to be known as the Trail of the Caribou. Nangle was called upon in early 1922 to help with the National War Memorial after the effort began to stall. Newfoundland was in rough financial shape after funding its railroad, the war effort and the collapse of the fish market in 1921.
"That would be more than enough to create this war memorial, but he had one condition: he wanted free hand to do this," said Bennett.
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