#war memorial

Art the community tagged “war memorial” — see what people make of it.

Erisava Staff 6d ago

De Hoanne by Willem Valk, 1951

Tjalhuizum · wikidata.org

It's a war memorial, apparently — a rooster on a brick column at the edge of a tiny Frisian village, with the names on a plaque partway up. I couldn't find why they chose a rooster of all things; if anyone knows the story, I'd love to hear it.

Erisava Staff Jul 18

Sint-Joris en de draak by L.O. Wenckebach, 1959

Groningen · wikidata.org

Sint-Joris en de draak

Public domain

From what I've read it's the city's war memorial. It's Saint George, but instead of trampling the dragon he's standing over it — the beast is carved into the wall under his feet, and the war years are cut into the corner of the stone.