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This is a dynamic list and may never be able to satisfy particular standards for completeness. You can help by adding missing items with reliable sources. The Martyrs' Monument, St Andrews, which commemorates Patrick Hamilton, Henry Forrest, George Wishart and Walter Milne Two people were executed under heresy laws during the reign of James I (1406–1437). Protestants were then executed ...
The Martyrs' altar was built as a memorial for the many people who gave up their lives. The image of a plum blossom in the centre of the altar was chosen because the plum tree blossoms in February – the month of the martyrdom of the 26 saints, who are commemorated on February 6.
There is no typical Scottish war memorial. Five of the most common types are Celtic cross, obelisk, cairn, mercat cross, and statue but they can also take the form of plaques or tablets of bronze, brass, marble, granite or wood; memorial gardens; fountains; rolls of honour; Crosses of Sacrifice;clock towers; lychgates; parks; halls; hospitals; bandstands; stained glass windows; altars ...
Events will be held in Usher Hall, Edinburgh, and Garlieston, Dumfries and Galloway, to commemorate thousands of Allied troops who were killed.
William Skirving was born about 1745 [1] in Liberton, near Edinburgh to William Skirving, a farmer, and his wife (probably Margaret, née Bryden). [2] He was educated at Haddington grammar school and at Edinburgh University, [3] originally with a view to the ministry in the Burgher Secession Church (a branch of Presbyterianism). [4]
Covenanters' Graves Tortures shown in panel from A Cloud of Witnesses, first published in 1714. [1]The Wigtown Martyrs or Solway Martyrs, Margaret Maclauchlan and Margaret Wilson, were Scottish Covenanters who were executed by Scottish Episcopalians on 11 May, 1685 in Wigtown, Scotland, for refusing to swear the Oath of Supremacy declaring James VII of Scotland as head of the church.
The video, which made its online debut in 2012, is YouTube's most viral veteran homecoming video with more than 21 million views to date. In celebration of Veterans Day weekend, the video-sharing ...
The Auckland War Memorial Museum in New Zealand with the Cenotaph in front A war memorial erected in 1998 in Lahti, Finland The Interallied Memorial of Cointe, Liège, Belgium A war memorial is a building, monument, statue, or other edifice to celebrate a war or victory, or (predominating in modern times) to commemorate those who died or were ...