Covid-19 pandemic memorial bench in Victoria Park in the west of Glasgow.

They do look pretty good on my feet. They are also now the Mark Cardwell Memorial Socks.

Mark was a member of our church who died last Monday week from motor neurone disease, and I was knitting these on that day, though I didn't find out he'd died until the day after. They are a wonderful way to remember him, as he would have very much appreciated them, being a very vibrant and lively personality. Even a week or two before his death, he was bright-eyed and cheerful, though he was in a wheelchair and using an oxygen mask most of the time.

Lauryn Hill and Stevie Wonder lead tributes to Roberta Flack in memorial full of music and memories

Flowers filled the Abyssinian Baptist Church in New York as a service open to the public was held in honour of the legendary artist

https://www.independent.co.uk/arts-entertainment/music/news/roberta-flack-memorial-service-lauryn-hill-stevie-wonder-b2712827.html

Residential school memorial turned into VR
Hayalthkin’geme (Carey Newman) created the witness blanket made of hundreds of objects that is currently displayed at the Canadian Museum For Human Rights in Winnipeg. But the hope is that with a new virtual reality version of the witness blanket, you won't have to visit the museum to interact with it.
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https://www.cbc.ca/player/play/9.6679160?cmp=rss

Lounge vibe III (outta space)

The War Memorial Cottage in Gartcosh just to the east of Glasgow. Designed by Gavin Lennox, it was built as a memorial nurses home, and features two plaques listing the names of local residents who died in World War I (on the left hand gate pillar) and World War II (on the right hand one).

The Merchant Navy memorial by the Water of Leith has a ledge on all four sides, carrying tiny sculptures depicting everyday life in the service https://www.flickr.com/photos/woolamaloo_gazette/54365938889/in/dateposted/

A row of houses in the Mosspark area of Glasgow, built in 1952 as part of the Royal Artillery War Memorial to those who served in the Second World War.

A mother reacts as she pays tribute on the birthday day of her son Sergiy Voityshyn, who was killed in 2024 fighting Russian troops in the Donetsk region, at a makeshift memorial for fallen Ukrainian and foreign fighters on Independence Square, Kyiv, #Ukraine

Photograph: Roman Pilipey/AFP/Getty Images

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The nearby memorial to local and international antifascist fighters who have fallen clearing the area of nazis. In summer it's out favorite hangout spot.

A serene nighttime view of the famous World War II Memorial in Washington, DC, beautifully illuminated with fountains and surrounded by trees, capturing a piece of American history.

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https://john-twynam.pixels.com/featured/nighttime-view-of-iconic-wwii-memorial-john-twynam.html

A drone view shows a message ploughed across fields reading "I have no oxygen", a phrase a victim of a deadly train accident in 2023 that killed 57 passengers, used in a phone call to the emergency services, in the village of Galarinos, #Greece. Christian Ruci, 22, brother of Denis Ruci, one of the victims of the train crash, and farmer Anestis Glias, 21, ploughed the message in memory of the victims of the crash. REUTERS/Alexandros Avramidis.

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