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- Nicolae Ceaușescu gave his last speech from the balcony, then fled the mob. Hours later he was arrested, tried and executed, all on Christmas Day 1989.
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- Black markers set into the ground mark the graves at Langemark German War Cenetery
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- Emil Krieger’s sculpture of four mourning figures watches over the last resting place of the fallen.
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- The Leaning Tower in Pisa, Italy, looks a lot more likely to topple than this model.
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- Big Ben and Westminster seem small enough without the Eiffel Tower towering in the background.
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- Unexploded shells on display at Memorial Museum Passchendaele 1917.
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- An impressive record of service.
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- An interior shot of St. George’s Memorial Church in Ypres.
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- The European Union Parliament Building in Brussels.
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- A Boot Bath. With no running water this oddly shaped tub probably kept the water warm longer. The servants would bring the hot water in pitchers and pour it in.
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- Sir John A. MacDonald’s study.
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- The Macdonald family cradle was brough to Canada in 1820
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- Isabella Macdonald’s room. She was Sir John A.’s first wife who died young.
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- The kitchen was a much simpler place to eat than the dining room!
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- The laundry area.
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- The vault built to hold Canada’s gold reserves. It is empty because Canada no longer has gold reserves.
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- Canadian Broadcasting Corporation (CBC) radio studios.
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- The Prime Minister’s office – with his bedroom next door.
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- What to tell the public in case of a nuclear attack.
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- Civil defence area.
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- Contingency preparation
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- The entrance from the Bonnechere River.
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- Nineteenth century British Army commander Viscount Wolseley’s statue was paid for by public subscription.
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- The public paid for this statue of 19th century General Charles James Napier that sits in Trafalgar Square.
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- A typical cell. This one is furnished for the tourists – the rest of them are empty.
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- Separate quarters for family visitation and conjugal visitation. (We pamper our prisoners.)
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- Visitor’s booths
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- I had a different graphic chosen to illustrate this post and decided against using it. It was classic conspiracy theory – suggesting those liking things as diverse as Starbucks to jazz music were involved in witchcraft. I decided it was just too offensive, even if it did provide a perfect illustration of small minds at work..
